MP is a result of intestinal perforation and leakage of
meconium into the abdominal cavity in utero w3, 9, 14x.
On the basis of sonographic findings we could identify
14 fetuses with MP. Despite the sonographic findings,
surgical interventions were only required in 60% of the
13 live born neonates. Our study demonstrates that prenatal
ultrasound reveals variable findings but that the
‘‘typical’’ findings do not exist simultaneously w7, 10x.