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Ectopia cordis photograph from above.
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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.
Ectopia cordis photograph with anterior abdominal wall defect.
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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.
Ectopia cordis photograph in a plain view.
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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).