Aliyu Ibrahim, Mohammad Mohammad Aminu
Department of Paediatrics, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital/Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria.
Niger Med J. 2013 May;54(3):203-5. doi: 10.4103/0300-1652.114576.
Pentalogy of Cantrell is a rare congenital malformation whose exact cause is not completely understood; it is characterized by defects in the anterior abdominal and thoracic walls consisting of omphalocoele, diaphragmatic defect, ectopia cordis, intracardiac defects and sternal clefts. The complex has variable clinical expression with complete and incomplete expressions reported. We, therefore, report a case of complete manifestation of the pentad in a 9-month-old boy.
坎特雷尔五联症是一种罕见的先天性畸形,其确切病因尚未完全明确;其特征是前腹壁和胸壁存在缺陷,包括脐膨出、膈肌缺损、心脏异位、心脏内缺损和胸骨裂。该综合征具有多种临床表现,有完全型和不完全型的报道。因此,我们报告一例9个月大男孩出现五联症完全表现的病例。