omphalocele


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Synonyms for omphalocele

protrusion of the intestine and omentum through a hernia in the abdominal wall near the navel

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The only infant born with an omphalocele was delivered by a mother treated with MMI starting in the first trimester, and this congenital abnormality may be related to administration of MMI starting in the first trimester of pregnancy [7].
"Once we heard the word, 'omphalocele,' it was our world," ABC news quoted Davis as saying.
Other malformations have been implicated in some studies but not others, and have included associations between specific SRIs and cardiac ventricular outflow defects, craniosynostosis, and omphalocele. The absolute risk of these defects remains extremely low, however, and close to the background rate seen in the general population.
There is a 40% incidence of coexistant anatomical abnormalities: choledochocele, annular pancreas, double diverticula, intestinal malrotation, imperforate anus, Hirschsprung's disease, congenital heart diseases, omphalocele, hypoplastic kidneys, bladder exstrophy, situs inversus, Ladd's bands, portal vein anomalies, polysplenia and Down syndrome (6,7).
But, in infect cases in nervous tube example Enensefali (haven't closed the and of nervous tube cranial) and Spina bifida (don't close the and of nervous tube kadol) or Omphalocele and Gastroschisis in two case, there is in feet in wall of embryo's abdomen--most amount of AFP come in amniotic fluid and then com in to mother's blood.
Of the 134 pregnants, 22 had abnormal ultrasonographic findings, four oligohydramnios, four ventriculomegaly, three intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR), three IUGR + oligohydramnios, two polyhydramnios, one bilateral choroid plexus cyst greater than 7 mm, one echogenic bowel + choroid plexus cyst, one polihydramnios, one omphalocele, one multiple structural abnormalities and one hydrops fetalis were detected.
After the loss of your daughter Victoria to omphalocele (a birth defect that causes organs to grow outside the body), you decided to adopt.
Omphalocele: Some abdominal organs, covered by a thin membrane, protrude through abdominal muscles Exstrophy of the cloaca: Bladder is open in half; rectum communicates with the bladder Imperforate anus: Anus has not been formed or perforated and colon communicates with bladder Spinal defects: Babies with cloacal exstrophy may have varying degrees of a spinal defect called spina bifida
The investigators concluded that using asthma medications during the critical period of pregnancy carried no increased risk of isolated neural tube defects, omphalocele, or limb reduction.
Its stomach and intestines were clearly visible, bulging out through the infant's navel and lying outside its body--a condition called omphalocele. In the United States, the condition would be treated surgically, and the infant would probably go on to live a full and healthy life.
The CDC study found a slightly increased risk of three birth defects that previously had not been associated with SSRIs as a class: anencephaly, or birth without a forebrain; craniosynostosis, a premature fusion of the skull; and omphalocele, in which infants are born with organs outside the body.
They found no association between maternal use of SSRIs during pregnancy and heart defects as a whole, nor was there any association with craniosynostosis, omphalocele, or neural tube defects.