A dextrocardia in a foetal Egyptian mummy?
Egyptian foetal mummies are rare archaeological artefacts. We report the case of a mummified foetus with a highly probable dextrocardia accurately depicted by computed tomography scan.
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis-Robinson, France. peseguela@yahoo.fr
Pierre-Emmanuel
PE
Séguéla
Geneviève
G
Pierrat-Bonnefois
Jean-François
JF
Paul
D003914:Dextrocardia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005333:Fetus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D009106:Mummies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed