Case Report
Year: 2014 | Month: January | Volume: 4 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 177-180
Ectopia Cordis - A Rare Case
Mandar Sharadchandra Koranne1*, Anjali Milind Chital2
1Second Year Resident 2Professor,
Department of Surgery, A.C.P.M. Medical College & Hospital, Dhule. (Maharashtra).
*Corresponding Author: Mandar Sharadchandra Koranne
ABSTRACT
Ectopia cordis is a rare congenital anomaly characterised by partial or complete displacement of the heart outside the thoracic cavity. It has a low survival rate, despite the various surgical techniques reported, because of the magnitude of the deformity and the associated intracardiac anomalies. With the development of the antenatal diagnosis and the tendency of parents to choose therapeutic abortion as a solution; this malformation is becoming rarer in the clinical practice. The present case was a 3 hour old male neonate weighing 3.2 kg, delivered by Cesarean section of a 20 year old primigravida in a tribal area, presenting with ectopia cordis.
After investigations, first stage surgery was performed but the neonate died within 24 hours.
Key words: Ectopia Cordis, Turner’s Syndrome, Trisomy 18.