Meconium

• Etiology: Sterile bowel contents of fetus which are expelled in first stool, composed of materials ingested in-utero: intestinal epithelial cells, lanugo, mucous, amniotic fluid, bile
• Visually: viscous, sticky, tar-like, dark in color
• Complications: meconium aspiration syndrome, meconium plug syndrome, meconium obstruction of prematurity, uncomplicated meconium ileus, complicated meconium ileus, distal intestinal obstruction syndrome

Cases of Meconium