Abstract
Left-Sided Gastroschisis: Case Report and Some Anatomic and Technical Considerations
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Case ReportLeft-Sided Gastroschisis: Case Report and Some Anatomic and Technical Considerations
Gastroschisis is a well known clinical entity of a congenital periumbilical abdominal wall defect/malformation through which intestinal herniation occurs during the foetal life [13]
Its rarity when coming to South African reports may risk to confine this type of rare congenital anomaly into an anatomical curiosity more than an autonomous abdominal wall defect/malformation within the broader subject of gastroschisis
Summary
Left-Sided Gastroschisis: Case Report and Some Anatomic and Technical Considerations. Gastroschisis, a congenital periumbilical abdominal wall defect/malformation, allows intrauterine herniation of intestines at the right side of the umbilical cord. Its pathogenesis is still blurred as no tenable explanations or specific causes are found that can elucidate its increasing incidence presently in place among teenager and very young pregnant women. Left-gastroschisis is a rare variant of the commoner right-sided gastroschisis. It is sporadic in its prevalence and has as well an etiology unknown. When left-sided gastroschisis is present, one should be aware that an increased number of associated extra-intestinal abnormalities are likely. Our case has HIV exposure as a potential factor that could have had a role in the ontogenesis of the defect
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