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Abstract
A congenital defect with major fissure in the ABDOMINAL WALL at the UMBILICUS resulting in the extrusion of VISCERA through the UMBILICUS. Unlike GASTROSCHISIS, omphalocele is covered with PERITONEUM but without overlying SKIN.
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- Omphaloceles
- Exomphalos
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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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2026; use HERNIA, UMBILICAL 1980-2025
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- HERNIA, UMBILICAL (1980-2025)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Omphalocele. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000099245. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000099245
- Omphalocele. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omphalocele
- Omphalocele. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1521567