Left-sided gastroschisis with caecal agenesis: A rare case report

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 lite...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Hombalkar, Nitin N., Rafe, Abdul, Prakash, Gurav D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4955499/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25659556
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0189-6725.150989
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Sumario: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.

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