embryo, the vitelline duct, also known as the vitellointestinal duct, the yolk stalk, the omphaloenteric duct, or the omphalomesenteric duct, is a long...

the small intestine present at birth and a vestigial remnant of the vitelline duct. It is the most common malformation of the gastrointestinal tract and...

embryo and its yolk sac Vitelline cyst, a developmental defect relating to the closure of the vitelline duct Vitelline duct, a tube that joins the yolk...

umbilical vesicle), into the digestive tube by a long narrow tube, the vitelline duct. Rarely, the yolk sac can be seen in the afterbirth as a small, somewhat...

fetus the ileum is connected to the navel by the vitelline duct. In roughly 2−4% of humans, this duct fails to close during the first seven weeks after...

midgut, remains temporally connected to the yolk sac by means of the vitelline duct. The foregut gives rise to the esophagus, the trachea, lung buds, the...

falciform ligament, median umbilical ligament, or a remnant of the vitelline duct. Sister Mary Joseph nodule is associated with multiple peritoneal metastases...

Omphalomesenteric duct cysts (ODC, also known as an omphalomesenteric duct remnant or vitelline cyst) are developmental defects relating to the closure...

involutes before birth. Uncommonly, the yolk sac may persist as the vitelline duct and cause a congenital out pouching of the digestive tract called Meckel's...

primitive gut. The yolk sac remains connected to the gut tube via the vitelline duct. Usually, this structure regresses during development; in cases where...