J Korean Assoc Pediatr Surg.  1997 Dec;3(2):148-151. 10.13029/jkaps.1997.3.2.148.

Patent Omphalomesenteric Duct Remnants: Report of 4 Cases

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  • 1Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery,College of Medicine Sung Kyun Kwan University, Samsung Medical Center Sung Kyun Kwan University, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

The omphalomesenteric duct normally obliterates by the sixth week of intrauterine life. Incomplete obliteration results in various abnormalities which may be apparent in the newborn infant. These include fistula resembling ileum, a prolapsed loop of intestine through the umblicus and a fistula draining intstinal contents. The tract may contain ectopic tissue of stomach, colon or pancreas. Although this malformation should be recognizable at birth, 40 % of patients are not treated until after the first month of life. In the past 28 months since .the Samsung Medical Center opened its doors to public, the authors have treated 4 cases of patent omphalomesenteric duct remnant includng one case of T-shaped total prolapse of the duct and adjacent ileum. These cases will be discussed and the literature reviewed.

Keyword

Patent omphalomesenteric duct remnant

MeSH Terms

Choristoma
Colon
Fistula
Humans
Ileum
Infant, Newborn
Intestines
Pancreas
Parturition
Prolapse
Stomach
Vitelline Duct*
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