Ectopia Cordis in a 35 Day Old Human Embryo

Authors

E. V. Enzmann, Still College of Osteopathy and SurgeryFollow
J. C. Luly, Still College of Osteopathy and Surgery
S. D. Miroyiannis, Still College of Osteopathy and SurgeryFollow

Document Type

Research

Abstract

One of the major, though fortunately rare, abnormalities of human intrauterine development is a condition known as ectopia cordis. It was first described by the Swiss poet, physician and naturalist Haller in 1706. Arey (1954) briefly characterizes ectopia cordis as an abnormality in which the heart protrudes from the anterior body wall between the widely separated halves of the sternum, and comes to lie exposed on the surface of the chest. Others (cf. De Abbot) have described ectopia cordis as an abnormality in which the heart is malpositioned, high up in the chest, protruding out from the body in the pectoral area, or even displaced into the abdominal cavity.

Publication Date

1958

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

65

Issue

1

First Page

467

Last Page

473

Copyright

©1958 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Enzmann, E. V.; Luly, J. C.; and Miroyiannis, S. D. (1958) "Ectopia Cordis in a 35 Day Old Human Embryo," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 65(1), 467-473.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol65/iss1/72