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limb-body wall complex
Wednesday 15 December 2004
Synopsis
body wall defects with herniation of internal organs.
- thoracoschisis
- gastroschisis
short umbilical cord sequence (SUCS)
- thoracoschisis
- abdominoschisis
amniotic band sequence (ABS)
- total partial limb agenesis
- craniofacial defects
- exencephaly
- anencephaly
- labial cleft
- deep facial cleft
- absence of nose and maxilla
- absence of parietal and frontal bones
Associations
cerebral anomalies
- exencephaly
- anencephaly
- labial cleft
- focal brain wall dysplasia
- holoprosencephaly
- midline monoventricle
ocular malformations (8372034)
- uveal coloboma
- anophtalmos (8372034)
- microphthalmy
- abnormal cornea
- choroidal coloboma (8372034)
- dysplastic retina
- cataractous spherical lens
fetal dysruptive lesions
- digestive atresia
- unilateral renal agenesis
See also
amniotic membrane rupture sequence
References
Jensen OA, Hagerstrand I, Brun A, Lofgren O. Limb-body wall complex with anophthalmos and choroidal coloboma. Pediatr Pathol. 1993 Jul-Aug;13(4):505-17. PMID: 8372034
Moerman P, Fryns JP, Vandenberghe K, Lauweryns JM. Constrictive amniotic bands, amniotic adhesions, and limb-body wall complex: discrete disruption sequences with pathogenetic overlap. Am J Med Genet. 1992 Feb 15;42(4):470-9. PMID: 1609831
