Prenatal diagnosis of meconium ileus and meconium peritonitis: Indications for cystic fibrosis testing
Introduction.More recently, the regions of increased abdominal echogenicity such as echogenic bowel, meconium ileus and meconium peritonitis have been associated with an increased prevalence of a variety of unfavourable outcomes including chromosomal abnormalities, cytomegalovirus infection, intestinal obstruction, anorectal malformations and cysti