A Case of Limb-body Wall Complex.

Na, Ki Hoon; Oh, Kwan Young; Kim, Ki Young; Park, Jong Sik; Rho, Jeong Hoon; Yang, Yoon Seok; Hwang, In Taek; Park, Joon Suk; Park, Mi Hye

Case Report

Korean Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 2003;46(10):2074-2078.
Published online October 1, 2003.

A Case of Limb-body Wall Complex.

Ki Hoon Na, Kwan Young Oh, Ki Young Kim, Jong Sik Park, Jeong Hoon Rho, Yoon Seok Yang, In Taek Hwang, Joon Suk Park, Mi Hye Park

¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Eul-ji University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
²Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Medical Reserch Center, Ewha Womens University, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Limb-body wall complex, also known short umbilical cord syndrome and body stalk anomaly, is a complex set of disruptive abnormalities consisting of failure of ventral body wall to close, short umbilical cord, disruption of lateral body wall, distinctive scoliosis of spine, limb defects, facial defects and cranial defects. This disorder has similar findings to amnioitic band syndrome. but limb-body wall complex appears severe scoliosis of spine, herniation of internal organs, absent or short umbilical cord. Recently, we present a case of limb-body wall complex which found at 32+1 weeks. A case was diagnosed with ultrasonography, so we report a case of limb-body wall complex with brief review of literature.

Key Words: Limb-body wall complex, Short umbilical cord syndrome, Body stalk anomaly