Prolonged survival following meconium ileus

ABSTRACT

A rare case is presented of a boy who is still alive 17 years after surgery for meconium ileus. Soon after the surgery the patient developed manifestations of pulmonary imvolvement and later, of pancreatic insufficiency. Diagnosis was made by means of the sweat testThe patients prolonged survival is attributed to adequate therapy of his relatively quiescent pulmonary lesion. With the good therapeutic program now available for the pulmonary lesion. With the good therapeutic program now available for the pulmonary complications, we should expect that a good number of the 50% who now survive surgery for meconium ileus will have the same chance at longer life span.(Summary)