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Figure 1: Meconium ileus in a newborn. Intraoperative photograph (patient's head toward the top) of the small bowel shows marked dilatation proximally, with meconium impaction obstructing the distal loops. (Courtesy of Louise Schnaufer, MD, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pa.).

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