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Gastroschisis: Multimedia

Author: Ali Nawaz Khan, MBBS, FRCS, FRCP, FRCR, LRCP, Chairman of Medical Imaging, Professor of Radiology, NGHA, King Fahad National Guard Hospital, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Coauthor(s): Nigel Thomas, MBBS, Vice-Chair, Manchester (North) Research Ethics Committee; Honorary Lecturer, Visiting Professor, University of Salford, UK; Sumaira MacDonald, MBChB, PhD, MRCP, FRCR, Lecturer, Sheffield University Medical School; Endovascular Fellow, Sheffield Vascular Institute; Zahida Sabih, MBBS, MSc, ; Durre Sabih, MBBS, MSc, Visiting Faculty, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Pakistan Institute Applied Sciences and Nishtar Medical College; Director, Multan Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy
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Updated: May 23, 2008

Multimedia

Diagram of the transverse section of the fetal ab...Media file 1: Diagram of the transverse section of the fetal abdomen showing gastroschisis. Note the bowel herniation in the right paramedian/paraumbilical region. The cord is inserted in the normal location to the left of the herniation. No membranous covering exists over the herniated bowel.
Diagram of the transverse section of the fetal ab...

Diagram of the transverse section of the fetal abdomen showing gastroschisis. Note the bowel herniation in the right paramedian/paraumbilical region. The cord is inserted in the normal location to the left of the herniation. No membranous covering exists over the herniated bowel.

Axial sonogram through the mid abdomen of a fetus...Media file 2: Axial sonogram through the mid abdomen of a fetus. This image shows exteriorized bowel in relation to the anterior abdominal wall. Multiple loops of bowel are depicted. Because the bowel loops are not covered, they have irregular edges. L = liver.
Axial sonogram through the mid abdomen of a fetus...

Axial sonogram through the mid abdomen of a fetus. This image shows exteriorized bowel in relation to the anterior abdominal wall. Multiple loops of bowel are depicted. Because the bowel loops are not covered, they have irregular edges. L = liver.

Axial sonogram through the mid to upper abdomen. ...Media file 3: Axial sonogram through the mid to upper abdomen. This image shows free-floating exteriorized bowel in relation to the anterior abdominal wall. S = stomach; V = spine.
Axial sonogram through the mid to upper abdomen. ...

Axial sonogram through the mid to upper abdomen. This image shows free-floating exteriorized bowel in relation to the anterior abdominal wall. S = stomach; V = spine.

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Further Reading

Keywords

omphalocele, exomphalos, paromphalocele, embryonal ruptured omphalocele, laproschisis, abdominoschisis, full-thickness abdominal fusion defect, abdominal herniation

Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

Ali Nawaz Khan, MBBS, FRCS, FRCP, FRCR, LRCP, Chairman of Medical Imaging, Professor of Radiology, NGHA, King Fahad National Guard Hospital, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Ali Nawaz Khan, MBBS, FRCS, FRCP, FRCR, LRCP is a member of the following medical societies: American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, Radiological Society of North America, Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of the United States, Royal College of Radiologists, and Royal College of Surgeons of England
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Coauthor(s)

Nigel Thomas, MBBS, Vice-Chair, Manchester (North) Research Ethics Committee; Honorary Lecturer, Visiting Professor, University of Salford, UK
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Sumaira MacDonald, MBChB, PhD, MRCP, FRCR, Lecturer, Sheffield University Medical School; Endovascular Fellow, Sheffield Vascular Institute
Sumaira MacDonald, MBChB, PhD, MRCP, FRCR is a member of the following medical societies: British Medical Association, Royal College of Physicians, and Royal College of Radiologists
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Zahida Sabih, MBBS, MSc, 
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Durre Sabih, MBBS, MSc, Visiting Faculty, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Pakistan Institute Applied Sciences and Nishtar Medical College; Director, Multan Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Medical Editor

Harris L Cohen, MD, FACR, Vice Chairman/Associate Chairman (Research Activities), Director, Division of Body Imaging, Professor of Radiology, Stony Brook School of Medicine; Visiting Professor of Radiology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Harris L Cohen, MD, FACR is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Radiology, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, Association of Program Directors in Radiology, Radiological Society of North America, Society for Pediatric Radiology, and Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound
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Karen L Reuter, MD, FACR is a member of the following medical societies: American Association for Women Radiologists, American College of Radiology, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, American Roentgen Ray Society, and Radiological Society of North America
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