Thoracoabdominal ectopia cordis in a twin. A case report.
Thoracoabdominal heart is a subgroup of the rare ectopia cordis complex. It may be part of an unusual syndrome with multiple abnormalities involving the anterior abdominal wall, sternum, diaphragm, pericardium and heart. A twin who died immediately after delivery showed four of the five defects in this syndrome.
D000005:Abdomen; D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000473:pathology; D004200:Diseases in Twins; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D006554:Hernia, Umbilical / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D013909:Thorax