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Congenital soft tissue necrosis of the right anterior abdominal wall. 1987

J K Shija

Department of Surgery, Godfrey Huggins School of Medicine, University of Zimbabwe, Harare.

A rare case of congenital soft tissue necrosis of the right anterior abdominal wall in a newborn baby is described. The defect, which measured 10 X 8 cm at birth, appeared spontaneously and healed completely within 8 weeks with conservative management. Only one other similar case is known to have been reported in the literature hitherto, but in that patient the "ulcer" was presumed to have been caused by faulty technique in fetoamniography: the fetus was traumatized by the needle used to inject the contrast material. In the present case, the etiology was unknown.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007231	Infant, Newborn	An infant during the first 28 days after birth.	Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D008297	Male		Males
D009336	Necrosis	The death of cells in an organ or tissue due to disease, injury or failure of the blood supply.
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000009	Abdominal Muscles	Muscles forming the ABDOMINAL WALL including RECTUS ABDOMINIS; ABDOMINAL OBLIQUE MUSCLES, transversus abdominis, pyramidalis muscles and quadratus abdominis.	Cremaster Muscle,Pyramidalis Muscle,Quadratus Abdominis,Transverse Abdominal,Transversus Abdominis,Abdominal Muscle,Abdominal, Transverse,Abdominals, Transverse,Abdomini, Quadratus,Abdominis, Quadratus,Cremaster Muscles,Muscle, Abdominal,Muscle, Cremaster,Muscle, Pyramidalis,Muscles, Abdominal,Muscles, Cremaster,Muscles, Pyramidalis,Pyramidalis Muscles,Quadratus Abdomini,Transverse Abdominals