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Abstract

The present case is the report of singled out case of still born 34 weeks old, grossly abnormal, male fetus, with gross left sided anterior abdominal wall defect, which was donated and sent to the Department of Anatomy, Bundelkhand Medical College Sagar (MP), by the Department of Obstetrics for educational purpose. The still born's mother was 21 years old, primi gravida, with history of 34 weeks amenorrhoea. Detailed maternal history was taken to elicit any relevant information. After careful examination, observations were recorded. In the fetus the stump of umbilical cord was missing. Left half of anterior abdominal wall was totally absent with abdominal organs herniating out from left side. Detail examination of the viscera was done. After careful observation it was diagnosed that this is one of the types of anterior abdominal wall anomaly and this was concluded to be a rare case of body stalk anomaly. The findings of dissection and its embryological correlation are discussed in this report.