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REPORT OF THREE CASES

E. N. BALLANTYNE, M.D.

Am J Dis Child. 1935;50(3):642-648.

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I wish to report three cases of coarctation of the aorta that presented an interesting variety of detail both clinically and at necropsy.

REPORT OF CASES

CASE 1.—A boy died twenty-one and one-half hours after birth. Delivery was normal. The baby was blue, and it did not breathe for ten minutes after birth. It remained blue up to the time of death. Birth was said to be five weeks premature although the weight was 7 pounds and 3 ounces (3,260.04 Gm.) and the body length was 20 inches (52 cm.). A murmur was heard over the precordium which was thought to be systolic. The mother had five children living and well; her family history was irrelevant.

At necropsy the face was very cyanotic. The lips were blue and dry. The conjunctivae were congested. When the thorax was opened the pericardium and its contents were found to occupy practically the entire . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
HAMILTON, CANADA

From the Department of Pathology, University of Western Ontario, London, and the Pathological Laboratory, St. Joseph's Hospital, Hamilton.

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