Presentation
Pre-mature neonate with supra-umbilical swelling
Patient Data
Age: Neonate
Gender: Female
From the case:
Neonatal diastasis recti
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Transverse

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).