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Prenatal diagnosis of ectopia cordis at 10 weeks of gestation using two‐dimensional and three‐dimensional ultrasonography
Author(s) -
Liang R.I.,
Huang S.E.,
Chang F.M.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.202
H-Index - 141
eISSN - 1469-0705
pISSN - 0960-7692
DOI - 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1997.10020137.x
Subject(s) - omphalocele , medicine , ultrasound , diaphragmatic breathing , prenatal diagnosis , prenatal ultrasound , gestation , pathological , anatomy , obstetrics , radiology , fetus , pregnancy , pathology , genetics , alternative medicine , biology
We report here the earliest prenatal diagnosis to date of a case of ectopia cordis using both two‐dimensional and three‐dimensional ultrasound at 10 weeks of gestation. Both two‐dimensional and three‐dimensional ultrasound clearly revealed a thoracoabdominal ectopia cordis and an omphalocele. Histopathological examination confirmed the prenatal ultrasonic findings. In addition to an ectopia cordis, a supraumbilical hepato‐omphalocele, absence of a pericardium and an anterior diaphragmatic defect were seen, although there was a normal sternum. These pathological findings, suggested that our case was a variant of pentalogy of Cantrell. Copyright © 1997 International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology