Embryonic folding and body-wall defects

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A term newborn has a midline abdominal mass at the umbilical cord insertion. Intestinal loops lie inside an intact translucent sac. The remainder of the anterior abdominal wall is present.

Embryonic folding and body-wall defects

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Which developmental process most directly accounts for this finding?