Suzuki Toshifumi, Yamamoto Yuka, Nakamura Hiroki, Sei-Okawa Kiguna, Maruyama Yojiro, Takeda Jun, Makino Shintaro, Yamataka Atsuyuki, Itakura Atsuo
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Department of Pediatric General and Urogenital Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
J Clin Ultrasound. 2020 Mar;48(3):181-183. doi: 10.1002/jcu.22786. Epub 2019 Nov 14.
Omphalocele is rarely complicated by umbilical cord cysts. In our case, an umbilical cord cyst and fetal ascites were detected at 26 weeks' gestation in a fetus with trisomy 13. This changed to omphalocele with subsequently absorbed fetal ascites at 35 weeks' gestation. We propose two hypotheses. The abdominal wall may have been physically pierced or an omphalocele might have preexisted, and the intestinal tract in the hernia sac was pushed by fetal ascites.
