LEFT AND RIGHT-VENTRICULAR DIVERTICULA, VENTRICULAR SEPTAL-DEFECT ANDECTOPIA CORDIS IN A PATIENT WITH CANTRELL SYNDROME

A patient with Cantrell's syndrome is presented with ectopia cordis, v entricular septal defect and a left ventricular as well as a right ven tricular diverticulum. One-stage correction was performed with resecti on of both diverticula. Closure of the ventricular septal defect was c omplicated due to exposure problems as a result of the malposition of the heart. Although the presentation of Cantrell's syndrome can be var iable, one-stage repair is technically feasible and should be consider ed as the treatment of choice in this rare syndrome.