Asplenia Syndrome in a Neonate: A Case Report [PDF]
Asplenia syndrome is a syndrome of right isomerism or attempted bilateral right sidedness. It includes congenital asplenia in association with complex congenital cyanotic heart disease and situs anomalies of the other thoracoabdominal organs.
Kapil Bhalla +3 more
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Long‐Term Outcomes and Risk Factors for Mortality After Single Ventricle Palliation for Asplenia Syndrome [PDF]
Background This study evaluated the long‐term outcomes of asplenia syndrome with single ventricle palliation, hypothesizing that total anomalous pulmonary vein connection (TAPVC), pulmonary atresia (PA), and greater than or equal to moderate ...
Yasuyuki Kobayashi +7 more
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Prenatal diagnosis of asplenia syndrome with sliding hiatus hernia in a fetus [PDF]
We report a case of right isomerism with a complex congenital heart disease associated with hiatus hernia in a 19-week-old fetus with relevant review of literature.
Balaganesh Karmegaraj +3 more
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Ultrastructural and morphometric analysis of enlarged platelets in congenital isolated asplenia [PDF]
Introduction. Congenital asplenia is an extremely rare condition that can be separate entity due to a specific defect of spleen development or may occur in the context of a malformation syndrome.
Marković Olivera +8 more
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From multiple spleens to absence: Insights from two cases of heterotaxy syndromes [PDF]
Heterotaxy syndrome is a rare congenital disorder characterized by abnormal arrangement of the thoracic and abdominal organs and is classified into polysplenia (left isomerism) and asplenia (right isomerism) syndromes.
Suman Paudel, MD +4 more
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Autosplenectomy in a Patient With Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndrome Type 2 (APS-2) [PDF]
Autoimmune glandular syndrome type 2 is a complex genetic condition where a triad of endocrinopathies is involved, namely, Addison’s disease, type 1 diabetes, and/or autoimmune thyroid disorder.
Luqman S. Fauzi +3 more
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Immunopathogenesis of Sickle Cell Disease: Mechanisms of Immune Dysregulation and Clinical Consequences, a Narrative Review [PDF]
Simeon Ikechukwu Egba,1,2 Virginus Agozie Umeh,2 Prince Ogochukwu Alaebo,2 Uchenna Valentine Chukwuma31Department of Biochemistry, Research and Extension, Kampala International University, Kampala, Uganda; 2Department of Biochemistry, Michael Okpara ...
Egba SI, Umeh VA, Alaebo PO, Chukwuma UV
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Heterotaxy polysplenia syndrome in an adult female with complete endocardial cushion defect
Heterotaxy syndrome is a rare condition characterized by the abnormal arrangement of thoracoabdominal organs across the left-right axis of the body.It is generally classified as right and left atrial isomerism or asplenia and polysplenia syndrome, even ...
Habib Ahmad Esmat +2 more
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Heterotaxy syndrome is associated with asplenia/polysplenia and complex congenital heart disease. Facial palsy in heterotaxy is very rare. The management is still challenging with a poor prognosis. Proper counseling to the family about the disease course,
Sanjeev Kharel +6 more
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Clinical implications of congenital interruption of inferior vena cava
Background/purpose: Inferior vena cava (IVC) interruption is rare and can be detected through prenatal or postnatal imaging. It usually occurs in patients with heterotaxy syndrome with bilateral left-sidedness (left isomerism or polysplenia syndrome ...
Shyh-Jye Chen, Mei-Hwan Wu, Jou-Kou Wang
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