title: Prenatal diagnosis of body stalk complex: A rare entity and review of literature.
abstract: Body stalk anomalies are a group of massively disfiguring abdominal wall defects in which the abdominal organs lie outside of the abdominal cavity in a sac of amnioperitoneum with absence of or very small umbilical cord. Various hypotheses proposed to explain the pathogenesis of limb body wall complex include early amnion disruptions, embryonic dysplasia, and vascular disruption in early pregnancy. Body stalk anomaly is an accepted fatal anomaly and, hence, its early diagnosis aids in proper management of the patient.
authors.affiliation: MBBS, Nalgonda, Telangana, India.
authors.forename: Keerthi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kocherla
authors.affiliation: MD Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nalgonda, Telangana, India.
authors.forename: Vasantha
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kumari
authors.affiliation: MS General Surgery, Nalgonda, Telangana, India.
authors.forename: Prasada Rao
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Kocherla
keywords: Abdominal defects; body stalk complex; limb body wall complex; ultrasound