gastroschisis

Etiology

• congenital anomaly associated with young maternal age
• association with self-reported prescription opioid use in the first trimester

Epidemiology

• prevalence has increased from 3.6 to 4.9 per 10,000 live births in black, white, & Hispanic mothers in all age groups from 1995-2005 to 2006-2012

Pathology

• congenital abdominal wall hernia
• infant's intestines stick out of the body through a defect on one side of the umbilical cord

Differential diagnosis

• omphalocele: infant's intestines protrude from the umbilicus & are covered with a membrane

More general terms

• congenital anomaly (birth defect)
• abdominal wall hernia (ventral hernia)