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Gastroschisis

Definition

Gastroschisis is a congenital abdominal wall defect characterised by viscera protruding, without a covering sac, from the fetal abdomen on the right lateral base of the umbilicus.

Also indexed as

GastroschisisLaparoschisisceloschisiscoelioschisiscoeloschisiscongenital para-umbilical hernia

Nearby in Structural developmental anomalies of the diaphragm, abdominal wall or umbilical cord