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A case report of midgut atresia and spontaneous closure of gastroschisis.

Winter LW, Giuseppetti M, Breuer CK

Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, TX, USA.

We report a case in which a neonate with a prenatal diagnosis of gastroschisis was born with midgut atresia and the mummified remains of the midgut arising from a spontaneously closed abdominal wall defect. As our ability to prenatally diagnose abdominal wall defects has improved, we have gained some insight into the prenatal natural history of this pathological process. We present a case in which an abdominal wall defect spontaneously closed and was associated with an apparent in utero midgut vascular accident. This unusual case provides some insight into the mechanisms underlying the pathophysiology of gastroschisis.

Published 2 May 2005 in Pediatr Surg Int, 21(5): 415-6.
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