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Thoracoabdominal Ectopia Cordis With Mosaic Turner's Syndrome: Report of a Case

Arthur Garson, Jr.;

Arthur Garson, Jr.

Department of Pediatrics (Section of Cardiology) and Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, and the Department of Surgery, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, and the Departments of Pediatrics and Surgery, Duke University Medical Centre, Durham, North Carolina

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Edith P. Hawkins;

Edith P. Hawkins

Department of Pediatrics (Section of Cardiology) and Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, and the Department of Surgery, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, and the Departments of Pediatrics and Surgery, Duke University Medical Centre, Durham, North Carolina

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Charles E. Mullins;

Charles E. Mullins

Department of Pediatrics (Section of Cardiology) and Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, and the Department of Surgery, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, and the Departments of Pediatrics and Surgery, Duke University Medical Centre, Durham, North Carolina

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Sam B. Edwards;

Sam B. Edwards

Department of Pediatrics (Section of Cardiology) and Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, and the Department of Surgery, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, and the Departments of Pediatrics and Surgery, Duke University Medical Centre, Durham, North Carolina

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David C. Sabiston, Jr.;

David C. Sabiston, Jr.

Department of Pediatrics (Section of Cardiology) and Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, and the Department of Surgery, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, and the Departments of Pediatrics and Surgery, Duke University Medical Centre, Durham, North Carolina

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Denton A. Cooley

Denton A. Cooley

Department of Pediatrics (Section of Cardiology) and Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, and the Department of Surgery, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, and the Departments of Pediatrics and Surgery, Duke University Medical Centre, Durham, North Carolina

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Pediatrics (1978) 62 (2): 218–221.

https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.62.2.218

A child was treated for thoracoabdominal ectopia cordis and an associated chromosomal defect. Contrary to most cases in which death is due to the externally situated heart and abdominal viscera, this patient died from congenital heart disease.

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