case_images: PMC5414485_01
case_images: Ectopia cordis photograph from above.
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case_images: fig1
case_images: The whole of the heart with irregular contour was outside the thoracic cavity leaving only the major vessels in the chest wall as seen in Figure 1.
case_images: Ectopia cordis photograph with anterior abdominal wall defect.
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case_images: fig2
case_images: There were nodular masses popping out on the heart wall firm in nature, not pulsating, and no obvious coronary vessels were seen on the cardiac wall as seen Figure 2.
case_images: Ectopia cordis photograph in a plain view.
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case_images: fig3
case_images: Surgical consultation with cardiothoracic surgery was done at admission, while the protruding heart was covered with antibiotic impregnated (Sofra-Tulle) gauze as seen in Figures 3(a) and 3(b).