Volume : VII, Issue : XII, December - 2017

Pentalogy of Cantrell: an antenatal diagnosis on Ultrasonography

Somshankar Pandey, Astha Gupta, Naima Mannan, Usha Jaipal

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 Pentalogy of Cantrell is a rare disorder characterized by anterior diaphragmatic defect, ventral abdominal wall defect, pericardial defect, intracardiac anomalies and lower sternal defect.^[1] Diagnosis of the complete syndrome is made when above five criteria given by Cantrell is fulfilled but incomplete variant forms also exists, here  we are presenting  a case of pentalogy of Cantrell with incomplete expression of syndrome  i.e. Toyoma class III .Our case also showed Exencephaly which is acrania with a disorganized mass of ain tissue. 

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Somshankar Pandey, Astha gupta, Naima Mannan, Usha Jaipal, Pentalogy of Cantrell: an antenatal diagnosis on Ultrasonography, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-12 | December-2017

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