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Indian Journal of Applied Radiology

Case Report

Antenatal Diagnosis of a Case of Ectopia Cordis with Complex Congenital Heart Defects in a Resource Limited Set Up in a Remote Part of Eastern India

Islam N1 and Saha S1*

Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Senior consultant, Health world hospitals, Durgapur, West Bengal, India
*Corresponding author:Siddhartha Saha, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Health world hospitals, Durgapur, West Bengal, India. E-mail Id: drsiddharthasahasskm@gmail.com
Copyright: ©2024 Islam N, et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Article Information:Submission: 01/06/2024; Accepted: 08/07/2024; Published: 20/07/2024

Abstract

Ectopic cordis is a rare congenital anomaly. Here, the fetal heart is displaced outside the thoracic cavity partially or completely. We describe a case of antenatal diagnosis of Thoracic Ectopia Cordis (EC) with congenital heart disease (CHD) without any other extracardiac malformations. Fetal Echocardiographic examination showed large VSD, double outlet right ventricle and unrestricted pulmonary and systemic blood flow. The diagnosis of Ectopia cordis and associated cardiac and non-cardiac anomalies may be difficult in the fetal period due to multiple factors, so meticulous attention should be paid for proper diagnosis.