ECTOPIA CORDIS
- 1 March 1942
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in American Journal of Diseases of Children
- Vol. 63 (3) , 515-529
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1942.02010030085005
Abstract
A case of ectopia cordis abdominalis occurred in our service at St. Vincent's Infant and Maternity Hospital recently. REPORT OF CASE History and Course.—The mother, S. F., a primipara aged 23 years, entered the hospital Sept. 15, 1941, in active labor. She came under observation for prenatal care May 23, 1941, and the course of the pregnancy was normal. Her blood pressure and urine were normal on repeated examination, and her Kahn reaction was negative. Her pelvic measurements were adequate and the estimated date of delivery was October 24. At the onset of labor, a diagnosis of placenta praevia marginalis was made, and Drs. J. X. Bremner and A. C. Wise after manual cervical dilation made a midforceps delivery. In the mother's family history there was no known instance of congenital defect. The father had a niece with a congenital cardiac lesion. At birth, P. F., a girl weighedThis publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: