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- Title
Extrathoracic heart in northern Cameroon: a case report.
- Authors
Cabral, Tantchou Tchoumi Jacques; Giamberti, Alessandro; Butera, Gianfranco; Frigiola, Alessandro; Claude, Ambassa Jean
- Abstract
Sternal clefts, ectopia cordis, and Cantrell's pentalogy continue to be very rare congenital anomalies in pediatric surgery. The prenatal diagnosis is easily made with ultrasound by visualizing the heart outside the thoracic cavity. Ectopia cordis is frequently associated with other congenital defects involving multiple organ systems. We report a case of ectopia cordis with successful surgical correction on a 7 months old child from northern Cameroon.
- Subjects
CAMEROON; GENETIC disorders; PEDIATRIC surgery; PRENATAL diagnosis; HEART abnormalities; CLEFT lip
- Publication
Pan African Medical Journal, 2009, Vol 2, p1
- ISSN
1937-8688
- Publication type
Case Study