A case report of ectopia cordis and omphalocele.

Autor: Taksande AM; Department of Pediatrics, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Sawangi Meghe, Wardha, Maharashtra, India., Vilhekar KY; Department of Pediatrics, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, Wardha, Maharashtra, India.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Indian journal of human genetics [Indian J Hum Genet] 2013 Oct; Vol. 19 (4), pp. 491-3.
DOI: 10.4103/0971-6866.124384
Abstrakt: A rare congenital defect in fusion of the anterior chest wall resulting in an extrathoracic location of the heart. Cantrell's pentalogy is a congenital anomaly resulting from embryologic development defect and consists of the following: A deficiency of the anterior diaphragm, a midline supraumbilical abdominal wall defect, a defect in the diaphragmatic pericardium, congenital intracardiac abnormalities, and a defect of the lower sternum. Here we report a rare case of ectopic cordis with omphalocele.
Databáze: MEDLINE