[Cantrell's pentalogy. Four cases reported].
BACKGROUND
In 1958, Cantrell etal. described a rare syndrome in neonates. The description of the syndrome was characterized by a midline supraumbilical defect encompassing a thoracoabdominal omphalocele and ectopia cordis, a defect of the lower sternum, ventral diaphragmatic and pericardial defects, and other congenital cardiac anomalies.


METHODS
4 neonates with the uncommon Cantrell's pentalogy were seen in our hospital within a 5-year period without having any apparent factor in common. This paper describes the clinical course and surgical correction.


CONCLUSIONS
Early detection of these anomalies is very important for the diagnosis and surgical planning, and subsequently for prognostic implications.
Baeza-Herrera
Carlos
C
Hospital Pediátrico Moctezuma, Secretaría de Salud, Distrito Federal, México. cirpolosm@yahoo.com
Escobar-Izquierdo
Moisés A
MA
García-Cabello
Luis Manuel
LM
Sánchez-Magaña
Leopoldo
L
Nájera-Garduño
Heladio M
HM
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