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Preferred term

Pentalogy of Cantrell  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Rare congenital deformity syndrome characterized by a combination of five anomalies as a result of neural tube defect. The five anomalies are a midline supraumbilical abdominal wall defect (e.g., OMPHALOCELE), a lower STERNUM defect, a congenital intracardiac defect, an anterior DIAPHRAGM defect, and a diaphragmatic PERICARDIUM defect (e.g., PERICARDIAL EFFUSION). Variants with incomplete and variable combinations of the defects are known. ECTOPIA CORDIS; CLEFT LIP; and CLEFT PALATE are often associated with the syndrome.

Entry terms

  • Cantrell Haller Ravitch syndrome
  • Cantrell Pentalogy
  • Cantrell's Pentalogy
  • Thoracoabdominal Syndrome

In other languages

  • French

  • Syndrome de Cantrell
  • Syndrome de Cantrell-Haller-Ravitch
  • Syndrome thoraco-abdominal
  • Syndromes thoraco-abdominaux

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-P168KJV1-S

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