Congenital hernia of the abdominal wall: a differential diagnosis of fetal abdominal wall defects.
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.
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Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of Leipzig, Germany.
Horn
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Bennek
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Faber
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D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D020139:Gastroschisis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005865:Gestational Age; D006554:Hernia, Umbilical / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006555:Hernia, Ventral / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007409:Intestinal Atresia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal