Journal of Nepal Medical Association (Jul 2009)

Omphalocele with Dextrocardia - A Rare Association

  • Vikal Chandra Shakya,
  • C S Agrawal,
  • N R Shrestha,
  • K Dhungel,
  • S Adhikary

DOI
https://doi.org/10.31729/jnma.196
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 48, no. 175

Abstract

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Omphalocele is frequently associated with many other congenital malformations. In cardiac anomalies, association of omphalocele with dextrocardia has been rarely noticed before. We present here a child with dextrocardia and omphalocele alongwith a brief review of the literature on this rare association. Key Words: congenital malformations, dextrocardia, omphalocele