Prenatal diagnosis of closed gastroschisis: What to expect in the most severe form of gastroschisis? Case report and literature review

Closed gastroschisis (CG) and vanishing gastroschisis (VG) are the most severe forms of evolution of the malformation. In this case, a fetus presented with gastroschisis at 13 weeks, and the gastroschisis was not visualized at 22 weeks of gestation. Distal ileum, cecum, and ascending colon atresia were diagnosed at surgery, and the child is fully enteral‐fed at 5 months of age. In a literature review of 43 cases of prenatal diagnosis of CS‐VG, intrauterine death occurred in 4.5% of cases. 79.6% of the cases underwent surgical treatment. Of these cases, 20% of cases died due to complications of treatment, 26% were still under treatment and 54% are alive with enteral feeding. In 77% of the cases, the closure of the umbilical ring occurred after 26 weeks of gestation and the absence of prenatal diagnosis of CG‐VG during pregnancy has a risk of 71% of death.