Open AccessEctopia cordis with endocardial cushion defect: Prenatal ultrasonographic diagnosis with autopsy correlation
Author(s) -
K Balakumar,
Misha Kannan
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
annals of pediatric cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-2069
pISSN - 0974-5149
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2069.74048
Subject(s) - medicine , autopsy , prenatal diagnosis , atrioventricular cushions , fetus , amniotic band syndrome , ventricle , amniotic fluid , fetal echocardiography , cardiology , anatomy , pregnancy , heart disease , biology , genetics
The prenatal ultrasonographic diagnosis of ectopia cordis associated with a complex intra-cardiac defect (common atrium, common atrioventricular valve with single ventricle) is illustrated in a 32-week gestation fetus. The fetus showed associated features of amniotic band disruption sequence. The cardiac autopsy findings correlated with the antenatal diagnosis. The association of ectopia cordis with amniotic band disruption is rare and infrequently reported in literature.