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Intra-abdominal inverted umblical cord in gastroschisis: a unique ultrasound finding

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A relatively new surgical technique allows for sutureless closure of a gastroschisis defect. Immediately after birth, a long umbilical cord stump is temporarily inverted into the abdominal cavity and later retracted and used to close the abdominal wall defect. Knowledge of this entity is important since the inverted umbilical cord simulates an intra-abdominal mass on cross-sectional imaging. While this procedure is well described in the surgical literature, the imaging features of inverted umbilical cord have yet to be reported. The case presented here highlights the sonographic imaging findings of the umbilical cord during the intestinal decompression phase of sutureless repair of gastroschisis.

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  1. Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, Benioff Children’s Hospital, 505 Parnassus Ave., San Francisco, CA, 94143-0628, USA

    Gonca Koc, Jesse L. Courtier, Jane S. Kim & John D. MacKenzie

  2. Division of Pediatric Surgery, University of California San Francisco, Benioff Children’s Hospital, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Douglas N. Miniati

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Koc, G., Courtier, J.L., Kim, J.S. et al. Intra-abdominal inverted umblical cord in gastroschisis: a unique ultrasound finding. Pediatr Radiol 44, 109–111 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-013-2765-3

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