Disease or Syndrome
gastroschisis
Subclass of:
Congenital musculoskeletal anomalies;
Hernia of abdominal cavity
Definitions related to gastroschisis:
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A congenital birth defect characterized by the exposure of the fetal intestines outside the abdominal wall through an abdominal wall opening.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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A congenital defect with major fissure in the ABDOMINAL WALL lateral to, but not at, the UMBILICUS. This results in the extrusion of VISCERA. Unlike OMPHALOCELE, herniated structures in gastroschisis are not covered by a sac or PERITONEUM.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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A type of congenital ventral incomplete closure of the abdominal wall in which the intestines and sometimes other organs extend freely into the amniotic fluid space through a small opening in the abdomen, usually to the right of the umbilicus.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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Fissure of abdominal wall, not involving the umbilicus, and usually accompanied by protrusion of viscera which may or may not be covered by a membranous sac. (Makris S, Solomon HM, Clark R, Shiota K, Barbellion S, Buschmann J, Ema M, Fujiwara M, Grote K, Hazelden KP, Hew KW, Horimoto M, Ooshima Y, Parkinson M, Wise LD. Terminology of developmental abnormalities in common laboratory mammals (Version 2). Part B. Birth Defects Res B Dev Reprod Toxicol. 2009 Aug;86(4):227-327.)CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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Gastroschisis is protrusion of the abdominal viscera through a full-thickness abdominal wall defect, usually to the right of the umbilical cord insertion.Merck & Co., Inc., 2020
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Gastroschisis represents a herniation of abdominal contents through a paramedian full-thickness abdominal fusion defect. The abdominal herniation is usually to the right of the umbilical cord.WebMD, 2019
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Gastroschisis is a birth defect that occurs when a baby's intestines extend outside of the body through a hole next to the belly button. This type of defect is known as an abdominal wall defect. Sometimes other organs are also involved. The exact cause of a gastroschisis is usually not known, but it is more common in babies born to young...National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
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