| meconium ileus | <radiology> Obstructed bowel due to impacted, tenacious meconium, no air-fluid levels (probably due to adherent bowel contents) Differential diagnosis: ileal atresia, Hirschsprung disease, anal atresia associated with cystic fibrosis (12 Dec 1998) |
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| meconium | <paediatrics> The first stools of the newborn. Typically thick, viscous, sticky and dark green. Usually sterile and odourless. (27 Sep 1997) |
| meconium aspiration | Syndrome caused by sucking of thick meconium into the lungs, usually by term or post-term infants (often small for gestational age) either in utero or with first breath. The resultant small airway obstruction may produce respiratory distress, tachypnea, cyanosis, pneumothorax, and/or pneumomediastinum. (12 Dec 1998) |
| meconium aspiration syndrome | <radiology> Intra-uterine foetal distress most likely to be defecation of meconium, term and post-term neonates, not preemies, not kids of diabetic moms, diffuse HYPERaeration, pulmonary interstitial emphysema (PIE), pnuemomediastinum and non-tension ptx in 33%, patchy atelectasis and consolidation, lung disease usually resolves spontaneously, morbidity due to intrauterine cerebral anoxia (12 Dec 1998) |
| meconium blockage syndrome | <syndrome> Low intestinal obstruction in newborn infants resulting from blockage of meconium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| meconium peritonitis | Peritonitis caused by intestinal perforation in the foetus or newborn; associated with congenital obstruction or fibrocystic disease of the pancreas. (05 Mar 2000) |
| meconium plug | <radiology> Functional colonic inertia, Diagnosis/Treatment: Gastrografin enema (Differential diagnosis: Hirschsprung disease, meconium ileus), F/U with another enema for confirmation, associated with maternal diabetes (12 Dec 1998) |
| adynamic ileus | Obstruction of the bowel due to paralysis of the bowel wall, usually as a result of localised or generalised peritonitis or shock. Synonym: paralytic ileus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adynamic ileus simulating bowel obstruction | <radiology> Chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstrction, pelvic surgery, urinary retention, pancreatitis, acute intermittent porphyria, ceroidosis, neonatal adynamic ileus (12 Dec 1998) |
| gallstone ileus | Obstruction of the small intestine produced by passage of a gallstone from the biliary tract (usually the gallbladder as a result of cholecystitis) into the intestinal tract (usually by means of a fistulous connection between the gallbladder and the small intestine); occurrence and site of obstruction depend upon size of the stone, but the usual location is at or near the ileocaecal junction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| paralytic ileus | <gastroenterology, surgery> Paralysis or inactivity of the intestine that prohibits the passage of material within the intestine. May be the result of anticholinergic drugs, injury or illness. Paralytic ileus is a typical occurrence post surgically. Patients may complain of constipation and bloating. (27 Sep 1997) |
| verminous ileus | Obstruction due to masses of intestinal parasites. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mechanical ileus | Obstruction of the bowel due to some mechanical cause, e.g., volvulus, gallstone, adhesions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spastic ileus | Intestinal obstruction due to spastic contraction of a segment of the bowel. Synonym: spastic ileus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dynamic ileus | Intestinal obstruction due to spastic contraction of a segment of the bowel. Synonym: spastic ileus. (05 Mar 2000) |