title: Prenatal diagnosis of ectopia cordis: case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Service A de gynécologie obstétrique, Centre de maternité et de néonatologie, la Rabta, Tunis.
authors.forename: Dalenda
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chelli
authors.forename: Kaouther
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dimassi
authors.forename: Souhir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jallouli-Bouzguenda
authors.forename: Essia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ebdellah
authors.forename: Feten
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hermi
authors.forename: Bechir
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zouaoui
authors.forename: Ezzeddine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sfar
authors.forename: Tania
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kitova
authors.forename: Hela
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chelli
authors.forename: Mohamed Badis
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Channoufi
authors.forename: Soumaya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gaigi
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis; D000028:Abortion, Induced; D000328:Adult; D054083:Ectopia Cordis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis