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case_images: Ultrasound anomaly scan of a fetus at 21 weeks and six days of gestation with ectopia cordis showing that the heart lies completely outside the chest cavity (arrow).
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case_images: Antenatal ultrasound scan of the anomaly is shown in Figure 1.
case_images: Ultrasound image showing both the kidneys and ectopia cordis.
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case_images: Both kidneys and urinary bladder were normal during the sonography (Figure 2).
case_images: The heart is outside the chest cavity in this ultrasound image of a sagittal view (arrow), making it impossible to assess the nasal bone.
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case_images: Due to the fetus's location, the fetal nasal bone could not be assessed as shown in the sagittal view (Figure 3).
case_images: A newborn with ectopia cordis (the heart is lying outside the chest cavity with an abdominal wall defect suggestive of omphalocele).
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case_images: In addition, an abdominal wall defect was detected suggesting an associated omphalocele (Figure 4).