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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1978;21(11):813-816. Published online November 30, 1978.

A Case of Omphalocele.

Kil Woo Kim, Sang Chil Yoon, Myoung Sook Lee, Churl Young Chung

¹Department of Pediatrics, Paik Foundation Hospital, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Omphalocele is a rare congenital malformation which is a herniation of the abdominal viscera into the base of the umbilical cord. We experienced a ruptured large omphalocele of short duration which contained of intestines, stomach, liver and speen without major of additional anomalies. He was repaired with the simple skin converage as a part of second staged operation. He had an eventful postoperative course but wad discharged on the 52th postoperative days with the good condition and with the plan of repair of ventral hernia about 1 year. Here, the literature on omphalocele was reviewed with the experienced case briefly.

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