Ectopia cordis


Thoracoabdominal wall defect

Failure to close of the chest and abdominal wall likely caused by the failure of the ventral wall to close during week 4 of development.


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PMID (PMCID)
23688328
MALE
Thoracoabdominal wall defect with complete ectopia cordis and gastroschisis: a case report and review of the literature.
Pepper MA, Fishbein GA, Teitell MA.
Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2013;16(5):348-52.
Thoracoabdominal wall defect with complete ectopia cordis and gastroschisis: a case report and review of the literature.
23688328
MALE
Thoracoabdominal wall defect with complete ectopia cordis and gastroschisis: a case report and review of the literature.
Pepper MA, Fishbein GA, Teitell MA.
Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2013;16(5):348-52.
We report a case of severe thoracoabdominal wall defect including complete thoracic ectopia cordis and gastroschisis.
12530497
FEMALE Adult
Unusual cardiac malformations in conjoined twins: thoracopagus twins with conjoined pentalogy of Cantrell and an omphalopagus twin with atretic ventricles.
Spencer R, Robichaux WH, Superneau DW, Lucas VW Jr.
Pediatr Cardiol. 2002;23(6):631-8.
In one case, thoracopagus twins had an extensive thoracoabdominal wall defect that resulted in ectopia cordis of a conjoined heart along with evisceration of the shared liver and intestine along with one spleen.