Causes of in utero gut perforation and meconium peritonitis (MP)
| Mechanical causes | Infections | Vascular |
| Intestinal stenosis | Parvovirus B-19 | Mesenteric vascular ischaemia |
| Meconium volvulus | Rubella | |
| Meconium volvulus | Cytomegalovirus | |
| Intestinal hernia | ||
| Meckle diverticulum rupture | ||
| Cloacal anomaly |