A case report of ectopia cordis and omphalocele.

ABSTRACT

A rare congenital defect in fusion of the anterior chest wall resulting in an extrathoracic location of the heart. Cantrell’s pentalogy is a congenital anomaly resulting from embryologic development defect and consists of the following A deficiency of the anterior diaphragm, a midline supraumbilical abdominal wall defect, a defect in the diaphragmatic pericardium, congenital intracardiac abnormalities, and a defect of the lower sternum. Here