| Autor: |
Jyoti, Kumari Bhawna, Pande, Shubha, Mukherjee, Krishna |
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Indian Obstetrics & Gynaecology; 2022, Vol. 12 Issue 2, p27-30, 4p |
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Ectopia cordis (EC) is a rare congenital malformation of the anterior chest wall resulting in an abnormal extra-thoracic location (partial or complete) of the heart. Ectopia cordis is a congenital heart exposure defined as complete or partial protrusion of heart through ventral defect in the thoracoabdominal wall alone or with other viscera in cases of pentalogy of Cantrell. This condition was first described by Haller et al1 since then many advances have been made. Diagnosis of ectopia cordis is done prenatally in well-equipped health facility by antenatal ultrasound scan so that early diagnosis and management plan can be initiated. The index case was delivered to uneducated rural family and admitted at 35 weeks of period of gestation for normal delivery and newborn survived till date, even though most literatures state that majority died within four days even with surgery. In view of this, we presented this case report to deliberately draw the attention of paediatrician/obstetrician to the fact that even though this condition is rare, proactive search and diagnosis should be made and early treatment should be instituted, so that such a child may be salvaged. We present a newborn baby with complete ectopia cordis in a resource-limited setting and how this newborn sustained till they could be moved to a better-resourced centre. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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