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A dextrocardia in a foetal Egyptian mummy?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 July 2012

Pierre-Emmanuel Séguéla ,
Geneviève Pierrat-Bonnefois  and
Jean-François Paul
Pierre-Emmanuel Séguéla*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis-Robinson, France
Geneviève Pierrat-Bonnefois
Affiliation:
Department of Egyptian Antiquities E 2708, The Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Jean-François Paul
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Radiology, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis-Robinson, France
*
Correspondence to: Dr P.-E. Séguéla, Pediatric Cardiology Unit, Children's Hospital, Toulouse University Hospital, 330 Avenue de Grande-Bretagne, TSA 70034, 31059 Toulouse Cedex 9, France. Tel: +33 534557459; Fax: +33 534558663; E-mail: peseguela@yahoo.fr
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Abstract

Egyptian foetal mummies are rare archaeological artefacts. We report the case of a mummified foetus with a highly probable dextrocardia accurately depicted by computed tomography scan.

Keywords

Archaeologyfoetuscongenital heart diseasecomputed tomography scan
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , April 2013 , pp. 287 - 290
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012 

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