Thoracic ectopia cordis in a human embryo of eight weeks
Abstract
Defects of the ventral body wall occur in the thorax, abdomen and pelvis, and when they affect the thoracic region, with total or partial displacement of the heart outside the cavity, they give rise to thoracic ectopia cordis. The case of a human embryo of 22 mm skull-spine, week 8, stage 21 of embryonic development according to Carnegie, from voluntary abortion with misoprostol, is presented. As abnormal feature, in the external morphological examination the presence of an exposed cardiac apex in the ventral region of the chest was noted, which led to the diagnosis of thoracic ectopia cordis. The morphological study of aborted embryonic specimens may reveal developmental abnormalities that are not usually diagnosed due to the smallness of the product and the precocity of the loss.Downloads
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