Ayşenur Celayir

Omphalocele with Patent Omphalomesenteric Duct and Intestinal Prolapse in a Preterm Neonate: Histopathological Evidence of Incomplete Vitelline Duct Involution

Patent omphalomesenteric duct (OMD) with intestinal prolapse coexisting with omphalocele is an exceptional ventral folding anomaly that may be misdiagnosed as gastroschisis. The vitellointestinal duct normally involutes between the seventh and ninth gestational weeks; failure of...