A Case of Prenatal Diagnosis of Thoracic Ectopia Cordis / 대한산부인과학회잡지
Korean Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
; : 2317-2321, 1997.
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in Ko
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ABSTRACT
Ectopia cordis is defined as a congenital malposition of the heart partially or completely outside the thorax and often associated with sternal and congenital heart defects:surgical repair is generally unsuccessful because of the magnitude of the deformity and the associat-ed intracardiac anormalies. Four types of ectopia cordis are described : cervical, thoracic, abdominal and thoracoa- bdominal. Cervical and thoracic type are often fatal within days, because the heart is expo- sed and malformed. Abdominal type carries a better prognosis because cardiac abnormalities are less often found. The prognosis of thoraco-abdominal type mainly depends on the pre- sence of intracardiac abnormalities. We have experienced a case of thoracic ectopia cordis at 25 weeks' gestation by ultra- sonography, so present the case and the review with literature briefly.
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Main subject:
Prenatal Diagnosis
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Prognosis
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Congenital Abnormalities
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Thorax
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Ectopia Cordis
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Heart
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Pregnancy
Language:
Ko
Journal:
Korean Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Year:
1997
Type:
Article