Very Rare Presentation of Hernia of Umbilical Cord

A baby girl, weighing 2.5 kg, presented on day 1 of life with a bowel lying outside the abdominal cavity. She born at 38 weeks gestation by spontaneous vaginal delivery. Antenatal scans at 13 and 17 weeks detected gastroschisis. Her APGAR score was satisfactory. On examination, the bowel was eviscerated outside the abdominal cavity through the small defect at the lateral side of the base of umbilicus with hernia of umbilical cord (Fig.1). Exploratory laparotomy showed part of ascending colon with the caecum and appendix as a content of the HUC. The eviscerated bowel was atretic ileum with thickened peel, matted, shortened, oedematous and swollen bowel loops. There were entry and exist level atresias present at the level of ascending colon and jejunum. There was non-rotation of the midgut. The eviscerated bowel with atretic segment was resected and jejuno-colic anastomosis formed. On postoperative day 6, she was on full feeds. Baby was discharged on the 8th postoperative day.