title: Cantrell syndrome with complex cardiac malformations: a case report.
abstract: Cantrell syndrome is a rare condition of congenital defects of 5 developmentally associated structures: the abdominal wall, sternum, diaphragm, pericardium, and heart. Few patients survive, and even fewer survive with good outcomes of quality of life. We present a case with the pentalogy and profound cardiac malformations. Despite repeated life-threatening conditions, the boy survived to have his first operation at 5 months old. The operation reduced the heart within the thoracoabdominal area, repaired the abdominal wall defect, and released multiple stenoses of the heart and great vessels. The patient recovered uneventfully. At 4.5 years old, he is healthy and developed normally.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, XinQiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, ChongQing 400037, PR China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: Liao
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jun-lin
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Zhang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Zou
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li-guang
authors.forename: Dai
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shu-hua
authors.forename: Liu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wei-jin
authors.forename: Gao
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yun-hua
mesh_terms: D034861:Abdominal Wall / Q000601:surgery; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006554:Hernia, Umbilical / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007236:Infant, Small for Gestational Age; D008297:Male; D058502:Pentalogy of Cantrell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011788:Quality of Life; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation; D014463:Ultrasonography