Prenatal diagnosis of ectopia cordis: case report.
Ectopia cordis is a rare and impressive malformation presenting as an isolated lesion or as part of the Cantrell's pentology syndrom. It is defined as an anomaly in which the fetal heart lies outside the thoracic cavity. THE AIM of the study is to report the prenatal diagnostic features and management of ectopia cordis.


METHODS
We report a prenatal diagnosis case of ectopia cordis using two-dimensional ultrasound at 19 weeks of gestation. Multiple congenital anomalies were found. The most important one was the presence of a ventral thoracoabdominal wall defect with exstrophy of the heart, liver, stomach and intestines. Histopathological examination confirmed the ultrasound findings. Due to severity of the malformations, termination of pregnancy was made.
Chelli
Dalenda
D
Service A de gynécologie obstétrique, Centre de maternité et de néonatologie, la Rabta, Tunis.
Dimassi
Kaouther
K
Jallouli-Bouzguenda
Souhir
S
Ebdellah
Essia
E
Hermi
Feten
F
Zouaoui
Bechir
B
Sfar
Ezzeddine
E
Kitova
Tania
T
Chelli
Hela
H
Channoufi
Mohamed Badis
MB
Gaigi
Soumaya
S
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis; D000028:Abortion, Induced; D000328:Adult; D054083:Ectopia Cordis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis