2000-08-23-18 Pentalogy of Cantrell at 12 weeks © Sosa-Palaviccini www.thefetus.net/
Pentalogy of Cantrell at 12 weeks
Dpto. de Ginecologia y Obstetricia, Hospital Universitario Dr Antonio M Pineda, Final Av Vargas. Barquisimeto. Venezuela
This is a Pentalogy of Cantrell (see also Pentalogy of Cantrell) at 12 weeks.
M-mode of ectopic heart with heart rate 178 bpm.

Doppler shows the thoracic ectopia cordis and the omphalocele.


Possible asymmetry of the choroid plexuses.

Lateral view of the fetus demonstrating the ectopia cordis (middle of the image) and the omphalocele (extreme right).

After fixation. Note the ectopia cordis (red arrow), the omphalocele (cyan arrow) and the radial ray aplasia (yellow arrow. and magnified view).

