Prenatal diagnosis of pentalogy of Cantrell in the third trimester.

Prenatal diagnosis of pentalogy of cantrell with craniorachischisis by three-dimensional ultrasonography in the first trimester.

Pentalogy of Cantrell: Prenatal Diagnosis, Delivery, and Immediate Postnatal Surgical Repair

Pentalogy of Cantrell (PC) is a congenital anomaly characterized by a defect in the lower sternum, anterior diaphragm, and anterior abdominal wall; ectopia cordis; and congenital heart disease. It is a very rare congenital anomaly and the prenatal diagnosis is possible in the beginning of second trimester of pregnancy using the conventional ultrasonography. The prognosis is poor with high rates...

Prenatal diagnosis of complete Cantrell’s pentalogy in an IVF/ICSI co-twin

The pentalogy of Cantrell (POC) is a rare syndrome with an incidence of 5.5 per 1 million live births with an unknown etiology. POC includes deficiency of the anterior diaphragm, defect in the supraumbilical abdominal wall in the midline and in the diaphragmatic pericardium, and also of the lower sternum and intracardiac abnormality. It has been suggested that the risk of birth defects are slig...

Prenatal diagnosis of Cantrell pentalogy in first trimester screening: case report and review of literature Birinci trimester anöploidi taramasında Cantrell pentalojisinin erken tanısı: olgu sunumu ve literatür taraması

Address for Correspondence: Mete Ahmet Ergenoğlu, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, İzmir, Turkey Phone: +90 505 718 79 04 e.mail: [email protected] ©Copyright 2011 by the Turkish-German Gynecological Education and Research Foundation Available online at www.jtgga.org doi:10.5152/jtgga.2011.77 Pentalogy of Cantrell is a heterogeneous and rare tho...

Prenatal diagnosis of pentalogy of cantrell in a case with craniorachischisis

The pentalogy of Cantrell was first described by Cantrell et al in 1958, who reported 5 cases with this anomaly [1]. The findings included a lower sternum defect, a midline supraumblical thoracoabdominal wall defect, a defect of the anterior diaphragm, a defect of the diaphragmatic pericardium and congenital cardiac anomalies [1,2]. The pentalogy is associated with very poor prognosis and there...