Female neonate diagnosed with ectopia cordis and onphalocele was submitted to an operation at 6 hours of age to reconstruct the abdominal wall and place the heart in the left pleural space. After initial hemodinamic instability the patient was reoperated to open the sternum; with progressive recovery, extubation ocurred on 15th postoperative day and she was discharged in 40th day. With 8 months of life a new operation was successfully performed to close the sternum and reconstruct the abdominal wall. After four years, the child is asymptomatic with no necessity of medications or physical restrictions.
Heart defects, congenital; Abdominal wall; Abdominal wall; Abnormalities, multiple
