Pentalogy of Cantrell; complete expression in a nine-month-old-boy

Pentalogy of Cantrell is a rare congenital malformation whose exact cause is not completely understood; it is characterized by defects in the anterior abdominal and thoracic walls consisting of omphalocoele, diaphragmatic defect, ectopia cordis, intracardiac defects and sternal clefts. The complex h...

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Autores principales: Aliyu, Ibrahim, Mohammad, Mohammad Aminu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3719249/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23901184
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0300-1652.114576
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description Pentalogy of Cantrell is a rare congenital malformation whose exact cause is not completely understood; it is characterized by defects in the anterior abdominal and thoracic walls consisting of omphalocoele, diaphragmatic defect, ectopia cordis, intracardiac defects and sternal clefts. The complex has variable clinical expression with complete and incomplete expressions reported. We, therefore, report a case of complete manifestation of the pentad in a 9-month-old boy.
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spelling pubmed-37192492013-07-30 Pentalogy of Cantrell; complete expression in a nine-month-old-boy Aliyu, Ibrahim Mohammad, Mohammad Aminu Niger Med J Case Report Pentalogy of Cantrell is a rare congenital malformation whose exact cause is not completely understood; it is characterized by defects in the anterior abdominal and thoracic walls consisting of omphalocoele, diaphragmatic defect, ectopia cordis, intracardiac defects and sternal clefts. The complex has variable clinical expression with complete and incomplete expressions reported. We, therefore, report a case of complete manifestation of the pentad in a 9-month-old boy. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3719249/ /pubmed/23901184 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0300-1652.114576 Text en Copyright: © Nigerian Medical Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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