Diseases

Gastroschisis

A congenital defect with major fissure in the ABDOMINAL WALL lateral to, but not at, the UMBILICUS. This results in the extrusion of VISCERA. Unlike OMPHALOCELE, herniated structures in gastroschisis are not covered by a sac or PERITONEUM.

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Abstract

A congenital defect with major fissure in the ABDOMINAL WALL lateral to, but not at, the UMBILICUS. This results in the extrusion of VISCERA. Unlike OMPHALOCELE, herniated structures in gastroschisis are not covered by a sac or PERITONEUM.

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2 entry terms
  • Congenital Fissure of the Abdominal Cavity
  • Gastroschises

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34 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

do not confuse with HERNIA, UMBILICAL

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History Note

1999

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Previous Indexing

  • Abdominal Muscles/abnormalities (1966-1998)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Gastroschisis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020139. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020139
  2. Gastroschisis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastroschisis
  3. Gastroschisis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1495674