Gastroschisis is a developmental abnormality, which occurs as an abdominal wall defect associated with evisceration of the intestine. There are several theories as to how this body wall defect occurs. The most recent (see reference below) includes early abnormal folding of the body wall.
In preparation - Detailed description and labelled images. (More? GIT Abnormalities)
References: Feldkamp ML, Carey JC, Sadler TW. Development of gastroschisis: Review of hypotheses, a novel hypothesis, and implications for research. Am J Med Genet A. 2007 Jan 17)
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This ultrasound scan movie shows how gastroschisis can be detected or confirmed by this technique.
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Special thanks to Dr Andrew McLennan, Foetal Medicine Unit, Royal North Shore Hospital for original video materials.
Normal development features are listed on a separate page Normal Ultrasound.
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