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A case of traumatic rupture of a giant omphalocele and liver injury associated with transverse lie and preterm labor

Perinatal omphalocele rupture is a rare occurrence. We present a case of a baby delivered at 35 weeks with a known giant omphalocele, transverse lie, and the omphalocele downward in the birth canal who suffered rupture of the omphalocele and liver injury around the time of delivery. The pregnancy was complicated by one day of preterm labor, preterm premature rupture of the membranes, and the omphalocele was the presenting part. Despite pulmonary hypertension, rupture of the omphalocele, and a significant liver injury, individualized management with decompression of the liver hematoma allowed successful early closure with mesh followed by delayed reconstruction. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/622070
Date11 1900
CreatorsLinnaus, Maria E., Donato, Britton, McMahon, Lisa, Chambliss, Linda, Notrica, David M.
ContributorsUniv Arizona, Coll Med Phoenix
PublisherELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Source SetsUniversity of Arizona
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeArticle
Rights© 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Relationhttp://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2213576616301294

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