Presentation
Shortness of breath and pleuritic chest pain.
Patient Data
Age: 35 years
Gender: Female
From the case:
Ectopia cordis
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CTPA performed to evaluate shortness of breath and chest pain demonstrates ectopia cordis, with the heart extending through a midline defect in the sternum and lying outside the thorax, covered only by skin. Double SVC also noted.