The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics 2005 , Vol 47 , Num 1
A new case of omphalocele with absence of thumb
1Departments of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
2 Departments of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Balcı S, Leblebicioğlu G, Yiğitkanlı I. A new case of omphalocele with absence of thumb. Turk J Pediatr 2005; 47: 95-97.

Omphalocele, or exomphalos, is a rare defect of the periumbilical abdominal wall in which the coelomic cavity is covered with peritoneum only, resulting in congenital eventration of abdominal contents at the base of the umbilical cord. The etiology is still unknown. In this paper a new case of omphalocele with absence of the right thumb in a five-year-old boy is reported. A common etiology and a new terminology for this combination are suggested. Keywords : Omphalocele, omphalocele-radial ray defect complex (ORRD), radial ray defect, absence of thumb

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