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PACHAJOA, Harry. PENTALOGÍA DE CANTRELL EN UN RECIÉN NACIDO EXPUESTO EN ÚTERO A MISOPROSTOL. Rev. chil. obstet. ginecol. [online]. 2010, vol.75, n.1, pp.47-49. ISSN 0048-766X.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0717-75262010000100007.

Misoprostol is a synthetic analogue of prostaglandin E1 and is used for effects such as uterotonic aborti-facient. In countries where abortion is used as unsuccessful in the first trimester of gestation, reported a spectrum of congenital malformations associated with prenatal exposure, which include Moebius syndrome, abdominal wall defects, and anomalies as artrogriposis reduction members, among others. The pentalogy of Cantrell with a prevalence of 1 in 65,000 live births, is a syndrome consisting of 5 abnormalities: a defect in the abdominal wall, lower sternal defect, defect above the diaphragm, diaphragmatic pericardial defect, and congenital abnormalities of the heart. We report a case of Pentalogy of Cantrell associated with the use of misoprostol in the first trimester of pregnancy, this report is the first record of this association.

Palabras clave : Pentalogy of Cantrell; ectopia cordis; misoprostol; vascular disruption.

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