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Sonographic diagnosis of ectopia cordis before 9 weeks of gestation
Author(s) -
Sepulveda Waldo,
Andreeva Elena,
Machado Luiz E.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
prenatal diagnosis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.956
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1097-0223
pISSN - 0197-3851
DOI - 10.1002/pd.4450
Subject(s) - medicine , prenatal diagnosis , gestation , gynecology , fetus , pregnancy , biology , genetics
What's already known about this topic? Ectopia cordis is a rare, almost invariably lethal, condition that can be readily diagnosed by prenatal sonography. The prenatal diagnosis of ectopia cordis before 9 weeks has not been reported.What does this study add? This series of three cases documents, the earliest diagnosis of ectopia cordis reported to date. Ectopia cordis seems to be associated with a high lethality rate in early embryos, suggesting that this condition could be more frequent than previously reported.