title: Cantrell's syndrome in an infant.
abstract: Cantrell's syndrome is a rare combination of congenital midline thoracoabdominal defects and congenital heart disease. surgical repair can correct many of the anomalies. We report a neonate who presented with a short sternum, defective upper abdominal muscle, ectopic umbilicus, anterior diaphragmatic defect, ventricular septal defect and an intra-abdominal left ventricular diverticulum. Initially, the infant was treated with digoxin and diuretics for 5 months. Due to poor control of heart failure, one-stage surgical correction was performed with patch repair of the ventricular septal defect, ligation of left ventricular diverticulum and closure of the defects of the diaphragm and upper abdominal wall.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan,ROC.
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Y J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000601:surgery; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D013249:Sternum / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D013577:Syndrome