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abdominal wall defects

body wall defects

Thursday 9 February 2006

Types

- anterior abdominal wall defects

  • infraumbilical region
    • cloacal exstrophy
  • lateral abdominal wall defects
    • gastroschisis
  • eccentric, large lateral defects
    • limb-body wall complex
      • amniotic band syndrome

-  body stalk defect

Associations

- familial association of unusual lumbar hernia with lumbocostovertebral syndrome (LCVS), spina bifida occulta, median abdominoschisis (9375916)