1997/08/01 by R.‐I. Liang, Ren-Ing Liang, S.‐E. Huang +1
Medicine · #Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery #Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies #Urological Disorders and Treatments
paper · pdf · doi:10.1046/j.1469-0705.1997.10020137.x
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We report here the earliest prenatal diagnosis to date of a case of ectopia cordis using both two-dimensional and three-dimensional ultrasound at 10 weeks of gestation. Both two-dimensional and three-dimensional ultrasound clearly revealed a thoracoabdominal ectopia cordis and an omphalocele. Histopathological examination confirmed the prenatal ultrasonic findings. In addition to an ectopia cordis, a supraumbilical hepato-omphalocele, absence of a pericardium and an anterior diaphragmatic defect were seen, although there was a normal sternum. These pathological findings, suggested that our case was a variant of pentalogy of Cantrell.