"Pentalogy of Cantrell" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D058502
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.500.680.705 C16.131.077.696 C16.131.666.680.705
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| Concept/Terms |
Pentalogy of Cantrell- Pentalogy of Cantrell
- Thoracoabdominal Syndrome
- Thoracoabdominal Syndromes
- Cantrell's Pentalogy
- Cantrells Pentalogy
- Pentalogy, Cantrell's
- Cantrell Haller Ravitch syndrome
- Cantrell Pentalogy
- Pentalogy, Cantrell
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