Rare Spontaneous Regression Of Patent Omphalomesenteric Duct After Birth
KurzbART, E., Zeitlin, M., Feigenbaum, D., Zaritzky, A., Cohen, Z., & Mares, A. J. (2002). Rare spontaneous regression of patent omphalomesenteric duct after birth. Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition, 86(1), F63. https://doi.org/10.1136/fn.86.1.f63
View Original Source →Abstract
The abdominal radiograph (fig 1) shows contrast material in the small bowel after injection through a fourth lumen found in the transected umbilical cord of an infant born at 28 weeks gestation (in vitro fertilisation), consistent with a patent omphalomesenteric duct. When …
Case Details
Disease Location
Kidney
Personal Characteristics
Infant born at 28 weeks gestation, product of in vitro ferightilisation
Clinical Characteristics
Abdominal radiograph showed contrast material in the small bowel after injection through a fourighth lumen found in the transected umbilical cord consistent with a patent omphalomesenteric duct.
Remission Characteristics
3 months old, the umbilical skin was completely closed leaving a 1.5 cm umbilical hernia. Exploratory surgery was performed. Neither patent omphalomesenteric duct nor its fibrous remnant were present.
Treatment & Mechanisms
Proposed Remission Mechanisms
Not discussed
Clinical Treatment
Exploratory surgery, meckel’s diverighticulectomy