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meconial aspiration

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meconium aspiration

Synopsis

- meconium in alveolar spaces
- persistent pulmonary hypertension

Variants

- chronic intrauterine meconium aspiration (CIUMA) (10508878)

References

- Kearney MS. Chronic intrauterine meconium aspiration causes fetal lung infarcts, lung rupture, and meconium embolism. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 1999 Nov-Dec;2(6):544-51. PMID: 10508878

- Perlman EJ, Moore GW, Hutchins GM. The pulmonary vasculature in meconium aspiration. Hum Pathol. 1989 Jul;20(7):701-6. PMID: 2737662

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