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Gastroschisis associated with cleft lip and palate.

Khalil BA, Murphy H, Jones MO, Ellis I, Lamont GL

Department of Paediatric Surgery, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Pendlebury, Manchester, UK M27 4HA, UK. kba_bas@hotmail.co.uk

Gastroschisis is a common congenital abdominal wall defect. Rarely, it is associated with extraabdominal midline congenital anomalies. Oral clefts are the commonest craniofacial congenital midline defects. They can be associated with other midline defects like omphalocele. We believe these are the first 3 case reports of gastroschisis and cleft palate occurring in the same patient.

Published 20 August 2007 in J Pediatr Surg, 42(8): E9-10.
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