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Gastrosquisis - Información general

Definición:

Es un defecto congénito en el cual los intestinos del bebé protruyen o se salen por fuera del cuerpo a través de un defecto en un lado del cordón umbilical.

Causas, incidencia y factores de riesgo:

La gastrosquisis es un tipo de hernia. Hernia significa "ruptura". Los bebés con esta afección presentan un agujero en la pared abdominal, usualmente en el lado derecho del cordón umbilical, y los intestinos del bebé se pueden observar con facilidad.

Esta afección es similar en apariencia a un onfalocele. Sin embargo, un onfalocele es un defecto congénito en el cual los intestinos del bebé u otros órganos abdominales sobresalen por fuera del cordón umbilical.

Otros defectos congénitos asociados son poco comunes en pacientes con gastrosquisis.

  • Fecha de revisión: 10/8/2007
  • Versión en inglés revisada por:Deirdre O’Reilly, MD, MPH, Neonatologist, Division of Newborn Medicine, Children’s Hospital Boston and Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Review Provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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