Abstract
It's unusual to find a meconium cyst in a premature newborn. Meconium pseudo cyst is a consequence of meconium peritonitis, a sterile chemical peritonitis caused by a perforation of the uterine tract. When a puncture in the intestine does not heal and communication with the cyst continues after birth, the cyst can expand, the cyst can get infected, and the pseudo cyst can rupture. This is a case report of a newborn who developed perforated peritonitis due to the rupture of a meconium pseudo cyst [1]. Our patient was born prematurely at 34 weeks and had a caesarean procedure. She had a large abdominal distention that was later confirmed as a meconium cyst.
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