title: Prenatal diagnosis of ectopia cordis at 10 weeks of gestation using two-dimensional and three-dimensional ultrasonography.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Cheng-Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: R I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal