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Title: | Ectopia cordis : a report of two cases in Cameroon |
Authors: | Chelo, David Mbassi Awa, Hubert Desire Nguefack Dongmo, Felicitee Menanga, Alain P. Ngo Um, Suzanne Nde Kamgne, M. Koki Ndombo, Paul O. |
Keywords: | Pediatric cardiology -- Case studies Respiratory distress syndrome, Newborn -- Cameroon Congenital heart disease in children -- Cameroon Newborn infants -- Diseases -- Case studies |
Issue Date: | 2014 |
Publisher: | Images in Paediatric Cardiology |
Citation: | Images in Paediatric Cardiology. 2014, Vol.16(4), p. 1-6 |
Abstract: | This article reports two cases of ectopia cordis in two children aged one day and twenty months respectively. A one day old newborn had complete thoracic ectopia cordis associated with an internal cardiac defect and severe thoracic and abdominal wall malformations. The centre does not have the facilities to manage complex congenital defects and prior to being transferred to a cardiac centre, the neonate died on the second day of admission. A 20-month old baby had partial ectopia of the heart and a defect in the abdominal wall. He had no major congenital cardiac defect and has remained clinically stable with no life threatening symptoms |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/4319 |
Appears in Collections: | IPC, Volume 16, Issue 4 IPC, Volume 16, Issue 4 |
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