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meconium ileus

obstructed bowel due to impacted, tenacious meconium

no air-fluid levels (probably d/t adherent bowel contents)

DDx:

ileal atresia
Hirschsprung dz
anal atresia

a/w cystic fibrosis (CF)

Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD - 2 February 1995
Last updated: 1 October 2013

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