Left-sided gastroschisis: higher incidence of extraintestinal congenital anomalies.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to present 3 cases of left-sided gastroschisis and review the literature concerning this rare condition.


METHODS
Charts of 3 previously unreported patients with left-sided gastroschisis were reviewed. A literature review of all cases of left-sided gastroschisis was completed.


RESULTS
Sixteen patients with left-sided defects were identified, only 12 of whom had classic periumbilical defects. We present 3 additional patients. Eleven of 15 patients were female, with 1 patient's sex not reported. Forty percent had extraintestinal anomalies.


CONCLUSIONS
Left-sided gastroschisis is more common in females and associated with a higher incidence of extraintestinal anomalies compared with right-sided lesions. Although the etiology remains unknown, it may differ from that of right-sided gastroschisis.
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Dan
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Division of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center and University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
Lee
Steven L
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Shekherdimian
Shant
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Kim
Stephen S
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D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D020139:Gastroschisis / Q000196:embryology / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies