An infant present with an omphalocele at bih. Which of the following applies to this condition?
Correct Answer: It is caused by failure of the midgut to return to the abdominal cavity after herniation into the umbilical stalk
Description: Omphalocele is a ventral body wall defect caused by failure of physiologically herniated loops of bowel to return to the body cavity in the 10th week, congenital aganglionic megacolon is Hirschsprung disease Gastroschisis is a ventral body wall defect, failure of recanalization of the midgut pa of the duodenum leads to duodenal atresia Ref: Gray's 39e/p-1289
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