Case report                                                                   

UDC: 618.29-073:616.34-007

doi:10.5633/amm.2011.0407

 

 

Diagnosis of gastroschisis in the first trimester of pregnancy - case report

 

Dragan Lončar¹, Mirjana Varjačić¹ and Stefan Lončar²

Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinic, Clinical Center Kragujevac, Serbia¹

University of Belgrade , Faculty of Dental Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia²

 

 

Gastroschisis (gastroshisis) represents evisceration of the abdominal organs, most commonly small bowels, stomach and gonads through the front abdominal wall defect, almost always to the right of the umbilicus (90%) from which it is separated by thin skin bridge. The incidence of this anomaly is 0.5 to 4 per 10.000 liveborn babies. We presented a patient, aged 27 years, who had gastroschisis of the fetus in the 13th week of gestation diagnosed by ultrasound. Ultrasound examination is the method of choice for prenatal detection of fetal anomalies. By differential diagnosis, the possible existence of omphalocele should be eliminated using (2D, 3D) and power Doppler technology which significantly makes the assessment of gynecologist easier during establishment of the final diagnosis. Acta Medica Medianae 2011;50(4):40-44.

 

      Key words: prenatal diagnosis; gastroschisis; ultrasonography; fetal anomalies