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Also known as: '''''Omphalocoele

Also known as: '''''Omphalocoele

Do not confuse with: Patent or Persistent Urachus

Do not confuse with: Patent or Persistent Urachus

==Description==

==Introduction==

Umbilical hernias occur at the site of umbilicus, the point at which the animal was previously joined to the placenta by the umbilical cord.  '''Congenital''' hernias occur due to a failure of complete fusion between the embryological lateral folds, leaving a defect in the ventral body wall through which organs may be able to herniate.  Most umbilical hernias are small, reducible and cause few clinical signs.  In some cases however, the hernia may contain intestine that becomes incarcerated and strangulated causing acute clinical signs.  Strangulation is most likely when the size of hernial ring approximates the size of the diameter of the small intestine.  These hernias may occur with other congenital defects, including cardiac septal anomalies, bladder exstrophy, hypospadia, cryptorchidism and [[Peritoneo-pericardial Diaphragmatic Hernia|peritoneopericardial diaphragmatic hernias]].  The structures most commonly herniated are the omentum, falciform fat and intestine and they are contained with a [[Hernia|hernial sac]] comprising the skin, the subcutaneous connective tissue and the parietal peritoneum.  Unusually, a very large congenital defect in the ventral body wall may occur (an '''omphalocoele''') that leads to the eventration of entire organs and death shortly after birth.     

Umbilical hernias occur at the site of umbilicus, the point at which the animal was previously joined to the placenta by the umbilical cord.  '''Congenital''' hernias occur due to a failure of complete fusion between the embryological lateral folds, leaving a defect in the ventral body wall through which organs may be able to herniate.  Most umbilical hernias are small, reducible and cause few clinical signs.  In some cases however, the hernia may contain intestine that becomes incarcerated and strangulated causing acute clinical signs.  Strangulation is most likely when the size of hernial ring approximates the size of the diameter of the small intestine.  These hernias may occur with other congenital defects, including cardiac septal anomalies, bladder exstrophy, hypospadia, cryptorchidism and [[Peritoneo-pericardial Diaphragmatic Hernia|peritoneopericardial diaphragmatic hernias]].  The structures most commonly herniated are the omentum, falciform fat and intestine and they are contained with a [[Hernia|hernial sac]] comprising the skin, the subcutaneous connective tissue and the parietal peritoneum.  Unusually, a very large congenital defect in the ventral body wall may occur (an '''omphalocoele''') that leads to the eventration of entire organs and death shortly after birth.     

 

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