PEDIATRICS Vol. 69 No. 3 March 1982, pp. 325-327
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Meconium Peritonitis and Increasing Sweat Chloride Determinations in a Case of Familial Progressive Intrahepatic Cholestasis

A. Craig Hillemeier MD1, Jacob Hen Jr MD1, Caroline A. Riely MD1, Thomas F. Dolan Jr MD1, and Joyce D. Gryboski MD1

1 Departments of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut

A case of familial progressive intrahepatic cholestasis syndrome is presented in which the infant had the radiographic fidings of meconium peritonitis and normal sweat chloride determinations in the newborn period. At age 12 years the child has elevated sweat chloride determinations and normal pancreatic drainage studies. The occurrence of meconium peritonitis and its possible relationship to this cholestatic syndrome are discussed.

Submitted on January 30, 1981
Accepted on May 4, 1981




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