Intraabdominal leg: unique variant of split notochord syndrome

J Pediatr Surg. 1998 Mar;33(3):522-4. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3468(98)90104-x.

Abstract

An infant was born with a spectrum of anomalies representing a unique variant of the split notochord syndrome. The major anomalies included giant omphalocele and duplicated lower spine, between which developed a posterior lumbosacral mass that was contiguous with an intraabdominal, skin-covered "leg" within a saccular cecum. Features of this case overlap aspects of fetiform teratoma, fetus-in-fetu, conjoined twins, and caudal duplication, suggesting an etiologic relation between these entities and split notochord syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Neoplasms / congenital
  • Abdominal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Abnormalities, Multiple* / pathology
  • Abnormalities, Multiple* / surgery
  • Female
  • Fetus / abnormalities*
  • Hernia, Umbilical / surgery
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Intestines / abnormalities*
  • Spinal Dysraphism / pathology*
  • Spinal Dysraphism / surgery
  • Spine / abnormalities
  • Teratoma / congenital
  • Teratoma / surgery