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Case #10300 - Heterotaxy (isomerisms and situs ambigus) with total anomalous pulmonary veins connection

Synopsis

- female fetus, 22 weeks, 443g

- cardiac malformation

- total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC)

  • infraccardiac TAPVC: subdiaphragmatic venous confluent, propbably in portal system

- heterotaxy

- medial liver
- right spleen
- right stomach (gastric inverse rotation)
- normal intestinal rotation
- normal mesentere
- right appendix
- normal colon with left sigmoid colon

See also

- situs anomalies
- heterotaxy
- visceral isomerism

- atrial appendage isomerism

References

- Peeters H, Devriendt K. Human laterality disorders. Eur J Med Genet. 2006 Sep-Oct;49(5):349-62. PMID: 16461029