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Congenital hernia of the abdominal wall: a differential diagnosis of fetal abdominal wall defects
Author(s) -
Stepan H.,
Horn L. C.,
Bennek J.,
Faber R.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.202
H-Index - 141
eISSN - 1469-0705
pISSN - 0960-7692
DOI - 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1999.13030207.x
Subject(s) - medicine , gastroschisis , omphalocele , abdominal wall , abdominal wall defect , umbilical cord , fetus , hernia , umbilical hernia , gestation , surgery , atresia , intestinal atresia , obstetrics , pregnancy , anatomy , genetics , biology
A 28‐year‐old woman was referred at 33 weeks of gestation with suspected fetal intestinal atresia. Sonography showed a large extra‐abdominal mass on the right of the normal umbilical cord insertion. Following Cesarean section at 36 weeks and immediate surgical treatment, the malformation was not definable either as an omphalocele or as gastroschisis. This reported case involves a previously undocumented malformation of the fetal abdominal wall described as a ‘hernia’ of the fetal abdominal wall. Copyright © 1999 International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology