Treatment and outcome
Oxygen was administered at 2 liters per minute, with a recorded
saturation level of 89%. Hypertonic and isotonic glucose serum was
administered, and the newborn was placed under a heat lamp. Saline
compresses were applied to the organs outside the body. Ceftriaxone
antibiotic therapy was initiated. Unfortunately, the infant succumbed to
the condition after 16 hours of life.
In summary, the newborn was a premature baby admitted on day 0,
presenting with a polymalformative syndrome characterized by:
Facial dysmorphia, including a right cleft lip and low-set ears.
Absence of the anterior part or hernia of the diaphragm, or hypoplasia
of the diaphragm.
Supra-umbilical defect of the abdominal wall with a membrane covering
the liver.
Absence of the sternum.
Absence of the diaphragmatic pericardium, ectopia cordis, with the heart
appearing incompletely segmented.
Bilateral cryptorchidism.
The overall constellation of these malformations constitutes Cantrell
pentalogy.