Description
Umbilical hernia occupied by foward portion of Reidel's lobe of liver. Vessels forming umbilical
can be seen on cut surface at bottom of specimen.
History
Child born 40-42 weeks' calculated gestation, weighing 2080 g.; child showed a
meningomyelocoele and hydrocephalus, absent left radius, rocker-bottom feet, ventricular septal
defect and a patent ductus arteriosus. For an account of development of this type of lesion see
Morson and Dawson - Gastrointesinal Pathology 1974.