Presentation
Pre-mature neonate with supra-umbilical swelling
Patient Data
Age: Neonate
Gender: Female
From the case:
Neonatal diastasis recti
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Separation of the recti muscles with an approximately 1.5 cm gap is seen above the umbilicus.
Normal relation of the recti muscles below the umbilicus
Case Discussion
Diastasis recti is a stretching of the linea alba with an abnormal widening of the gap between the two medial sides of the rectus abdominis muscle (increased inter-recti distance).