Publication: Ectopia Cordis
Date
2016
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Publisher
Nepal Paediatric Society (JNPS)
Abstract
Abstract:
Ectopia Cordis is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by partial or complete displacement of the heart outside the thoracic cavity. Usually ectopiacordis is associated with other multiple anomalies and intra cardiac defects. The five main ectopic positions are adjacent to the thorax approximately 60%, abdominal is 15-30%, thoraco-abdominal is 7-18%, cervical is about 3% and least is the cervicothoracic. We are reporting a case of ectopiacordis of abdominal type. This is the first reported abdominal ectopia cordis case in Bangladesh.
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Md Hamidur Rahman
Ad-din Women’s Medical College Hospital, Dhaka
Mahmuda Hassan
Ad-din Women’s Medical College Hospital, Dhaka
Kona Chowdhury
Ad-din Women’s Medical College Hospital, Dhaka
Abdul Quddus
Ad-din Women’s Medical College Hospital, Dhaka
Keywords
Ectopia cordis, cardiac defects