A Case of Prenatal Diagnosis of Thoracic Ectopia Cordis.
- Author:
Seong Joon YOON
;
Bong Shik SHIN
;
Kyo Weon LEE
;
Hye Sup SONG
;
Jong Seul HAN
;
Sung Do KIM
;
Joo Seob KEUM
;
Myung Sook KIM
;
Tae Yun OH
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Congenital Abnormalities;
Ectopia Cordis*;
Heart;
Pregnancy;
Prenatal Diagnosis*;
Prognosis;
Thorax
- From:Korean Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
1997;40(10):2317-2321
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Ectopia cordis is defined as a congenital malposition of the heart partially or completely outside the thorax and often associated with sternal and congenital heart defects:surgical repair is generally unsuccessful because of the magnitude of the deformity and the associat-ed intracardiac anormalies. Four types of ectopia cordis are described : cervical, thoracic, abdominal and thoracoa- bdominal. Cervical and thoracic type are often fatal within days, because the heart is expo- sed and malformed. Abdominal type carries a better prognosis because cardiac abnormalities are less often found. The prognosis of thoraco-abdominal type mainly depends on the pre- sence of intracardiac abnormalities. We have experienced a case of thoracic ectopia cordis at 25 weeks' gestation by ultra- sonography, so present the case and the review with literature briefly.
