Thoracoschisis associated with Limb Body Wall Complex

Thoracoschisis is a rare condition. A female newborn presented with right-sided thoracoschisis, associated with diaphragmatic hernia and protrusion of an accessory liver lobe through the chest wall defect along with deformity of the right forearm and hand duplication. Diagnosed as part of the limb-b...

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Autores principales: Vujovic, Dragana, Sretenovic, Aleksandar, Raicevic, Maja, MarijaLukac, MarijaLukac, Krstajic, Tamara, Ljubic, Vesna, Antunovic, Sanja Sindjic
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: EL-MED-Pub 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5423888/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28540190
http://dx.doi.org/10.21699/ajcr.v8i3.568
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Sumario:Thoracoschisis is a rare condition. A female newborn presented with right-sided thoracoschisis, associated with diaphragmatic hernia and protrusion of an accessory liver lobe through the chest wall defect along with deformity of the right forearm and hand duplication. Diagnosed as part of the limb-body wall complex (LBWC), management included resection of the exteriorized liver lobe followed by right hemidiaphragm and thoracic wall reconstruction.

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