Body stalk anomaly – prezentare de caz şi discuţie

Abstract

Body stalk anomaly is a term used to describe a pattern of severe defects that are incompatible with life. This con­d­ition should be suspected when encountering a large ab­do­mi­nal defect, along with axial skeletal abnormalities such as kyphosis or scoliosis and a short or absent umbilical cord. Body stalk anomaly is considered a fatal anomaly, thus being crucial to distinguish it from other anterior wall de­fects when evaluating the management options. We re­port the case of a patient diagnosed at 15 weeks of ges­ta­tion with a complex of severe fetal anomalies that were con­firmed after the termination of pregnancy as body stalk ano­maly, and we also discuss data published in literature re­gar­ding this topic.