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Meconium Ileus

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Definition – Distal ileal intraluminal obstruction due to presence of abnormally viscid meconium. First described in 1905 by Karl Landsteiner.

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    Karl Landsteiner (1968–1943) – Nobel Prize winning (for description of blood groups) Austrian physician, who in spare time also discovered poliovirus.

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    Edward BD Neuhauser (1908–1987) – Chief radiologist at Boston Children’s Hospital.

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    Jan Mikulicz – Radecki (1850–1905) – Polish surgeon, assisted Billroth in Vienna, and set up famous surgical clinical in Breslau, (then) Germany.

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    Harry Craden Bishop, C Everett Koop (b 1916) – American pediatric surgeons – latter more famous for becoming Surgeon General in the United States (1982–1989) and first editor of Journal of Pediatric Surgery.

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    Thomas Vincent Santulli (1915–1997) – American pediatric surgeon at Columbia University, New York.

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    Harald Hirschsprung (1830–1916) – Danish pediatrician

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    Fictile – (Latin) “clay-like”, i.e., capable of being molded.

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    Burrill Bernard Crohn (1884–1983) – American gastroenterologist

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  1. Paediatric Surgery Department, King’s College Hospital, London, UK

    Chandrasen K. Sinha

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  1. Paediatric Surgery Department, London, SE5 9RS, United Kingdom

    Chandrasen K. Sinha

  2. Dept. Pediatric Surgery, Kings College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS, United Kingdom

    Mark Davenport

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Sinha, C.K., Davenport, M., Ward, H.C. (2010). Meconium Ileus. In: Sinha, C., Davenport, M. (eds) Handbook of Pediatric Surgery. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-132-3_16

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