RT Book, Section
A1 Gomella, Tricia Lacy
A1 Eyal, Fabien G.
A1 Bany-Mohammed, Fayez
SR Print(0)
ID 1168357540
T1 Common Multiple Congenital Anomalies: Syndromes, Sequences, and Associations
T2 Gomella's Neonatology: Management, Procedures, On-Call Problems, Diseases, and Drugs, 8e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259644818
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1168357540
RD 2024/04/18
AB A  congenital  anomaly  (also  called  birth  defect,  congenital  malformation,  or  congenital  abnormality)  is  defined  as  a  structural  or  functional  defect  that  is  present  at  birth  and  different  from  what  is  considered  normal.  A  structural  defect  is  an  abnormality  in  the  structure  of  the  parts  of  the  body  (skeleton  and  organs).  Structural  defects  most  often  occur  during  the  critical  period  of  fetal  development  in  the  first  trimester.  Structural  defects  include  heart  defects,  cleft  palate,  neural  tube  defects,  club  foot,  and  others.  A  functional  defect  is  defined  as  a  defect  in  how  the  body  system  works  (eg,  metabolic  disorders,  brain  and  nervous  system  problems,  degenerative  disorders,  immune  disorders,  sensory  disorders).  This  chapter  will  discuss  only  structural  defects;  functional  defects  are  discussed  elsewhere.