Ectopia cordis

Case contributed by Matt Andrews
Diagnosis certain

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Shortness of breath and pleuritic chest pain.

Patient Data

Age: 35 years
Gender: Female
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C+ CTPA
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CTPA performed to evaluate shortness of breath and chest pain demonstrates ectopia cordis, with the heart extending through a midline defect in the sternum and lying outside the thorax, covered only by skin. Double SVC also noted.

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