Trisomy 18 in a First-Trimester Fetus with Thoraco-Abdominal Ectopia Cordis.
Conclusions: The prenatal diagnosis of ectopia cordis associated with aneuploidy can be made in the first trimester of pregnancy. An extrathoracic heart located in a liver-containing omphalocoele should be considered a thoraco-abdominal ectopia cordis rather than pentalogy of Cantrell.
PMID: 31215820 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Fetal and Pediatric Pathology - Category: Pathology Tags: Fetal Pediatr Pathol Source Type: research
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