Genderless baby born with internal organs outside the abdomen

Having no genitals, the baby born in An Giang province also suffered from abdominal wall hernia and umbilical hernia, causing the entire intestines and bladder to be exposed.

The child was transferred from An Giang General Hospital to Children's Hospital 1, Ho Chi Minh City, with his small intestine, large intestine and bladder exposed outside the abdominal wall. Doctors could not tell whether the child was a boy or a girl because they could not find his ovaries, uterus, penis or testicles.

Master - Doctor Dao Trung Hieu, Deputy Director of Children's Hospital 1, said that the patient was diagnosed with abdominal wall hernia with umbilical hernia. According to Doctor Hieu, abdominal wall hernia or umbilical hernia is not uncommon, but the condition of the entire intestine and bladder being brought out like the child is very rare.

To avoid infection of the exposed organs, doctors reconstructed the abdominal wall to put the intestines and bladder back in the correct position. Doctors also created a urinary tract and an artificial anus so the baby could urinate and defecate. As of this morning, the baby's health is stable, the reconstructed abdominal wall is dry and shows no signs of infection.

"The genitals are still not found, so determining the baby's gender will be based on chromosomes," said Dr. Nguyen Tien Thanh, Department of General Surgery.

The baby's mother said she had a routine prenatal check-up but did not detect any abnormalities in her baby. It was not until she went into premature labor at 32 weeks and the baby was born that the doctors announced that the baby had an abnormal abdominal cavity.

According to doctors at Children's Hospital 1, abdominal wall hernias with umbilical cord hernias make children susceptible to infection. These patients often have accompanying cardiovascular and spinal diseases.

According to VnExpress - TH