Abstract

A 4-year-old girl who complained of having a huge bulging tumour at the abdomen wall presented to the OPD. On inspection, a big bag was seen to protrude through the umbilicus and outside the abdominal wall. The clinical characteristics were used to make the diagnosis of omphalocele. An uncommon congenital defect of the abdominal wall is omphalocele. Child with this giant congenital defect has covered the sac with intestinal coils, part of liver, and other abdominal organs that protrude through the umbilicus outside the abdominal wall. These organs are encased in a sac-like structure that is incredibly thin and almost translucent.

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