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Fetopathology and developmental pathology of the embryo and fetus
Marta Ježová, Josef Feit et al.
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Omphalocele
Clinical signs
  • incidence 1 : 3500
  • hernia in place of insertion of the umbilical cord
  • the sac is formed by amnial membranes and peritoneum
  • the content of the hernia depends on the size of the defect (loops of the small intestine up to liver in large defects)
  • 30 – 50% of cases are associated with other malformations (anorectal, genitourinal, malrotations etc.), frequent at trisomy 18
  • with omphalocele congenital short intestine is often associated