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Neonatal peritoneal calcifications usually suggest a diagnosis of meconium peritonitis, but in this case, a premature baby girl, peritoneal calcifications were caused by hydrometrocolpos secondary to imperforate hymen, a rare association. The patient presented with respiratory distress and ascites and demonstrated abdominal calcifications on plain film. Other radiographic work-up revealed hydrometrocolpos without evidence of gastrointestinal tract obstruction. The patient was diagnosed and treated for imperforate hymen; she was recovered fully.
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Received: 15 December 2000 Accepted: 11 April 2001
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Hu, M., Methratta, S. An unusual case of neonatal peritoneal calcifications associated with hydrometrocolpos. Pediatric Radiology 31, 742–744 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002470100524
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