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If sealing of the perforation does not take place, a thick\u2010walled pseudo\u2010cyst can form (type II).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Over a 12\u2010year period, 21 616 pregnancies were screened for gastro\u2010intestinal malformations using prenatal ultrasound. We identified 1077 cases suspicious of surgically correctable malformations. Post\u2010natal diagnoses and outcome were worked up retrospectively.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Result<\/jats:title><jats:p>We found 96 fetuses with suspected gastro\u2010intestinal malformations. Prenatal bowel perforation with meconium peritonitis was confirmed in 11 cases. In 5 of these 11, the correct diagnosis had been predicted prenatally. One child presented as a fetal and neonatal emergency (case report). Ten of the eleven infants were operated on during their first day of life. Intra\u2010operative findings were atresia (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 4), meconium ileus (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 6) and no obvious cause (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 1). Two children suffered fatal complications.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Meconium peritonitis and meconium pseudo\u2010cysts as its special manifestation are assessable by prenatal diagnosis but present in different ways. They can present as fetal ascites or echogenic bowel and cause fetal or neonatal distress, requiring close observation and highly specialised care. 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