JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES

Abstract

Ompholocele is defined as congenital abdominal wall defect with herniated abdominal viscera due to weakness in ab-dominal wall. The incidence of ompholocele is more common in males compared to females. The survival rate depends on severity of complication. During routine dissection of formalin fixed female cadaver in Department of Anatomy, SDUMC, ob-served a mass in right, lower quadrant of lumbar region with mesentery, blood vessels bulged out through right side open-ing. The liver, cecum and appendix were in midline but not in anatomical positions in cadaver. This condition was named as isolated ompholocele. Isolated Ompholocele in female cadaver is a rare case report.

Keywords: Abdominal hernia, Giant Ompholocele, Abdominal wall defects, Gut rotation, Exomphalos