A case report of ectopia cordis and omphalocele.
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2013-10
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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
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Ectopia cordis, omphalocele
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Taksande Amar M, Vilhekar Krishna Y. A case report of ectopia cordis and omphalocele. Indian Journal of Human Genetics. 2013 Oct-Dec ;19 (4): 491-493.