Open AccessLeft-sided gastroschisis with caecal agenesis: A rare case report
Author(s) -
Narendra Narayan Hombalkar,
Abdul Rafe,
Gurav D Prakash
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
african journal of paediatric surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.163
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 0189-6725
pISSN - 0974-5998
DOI - 10.4103/0189-6725.150989
Subject(s) - gastroschisis , medicine , umbilicus (mollusc) , abdominal wall , agenesis , abdominal wall defect , anatomy , intestinal malrotation , surgery , fetus , pregnancy , biology , genetics
Gastroschisis is a congenital anomaly characterised by a defect in the anterior abdominal wall through which the intestinal contents freely protrude. Defect is located almost always to right of umbilicus. To our knowledge very few cases of left-sided gastroschisis have occurred and presented in literature. We report case of left-sided gastroschisis with caecal agenesis, short gut, and malrotation of intestine.