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Heterotaxy Syndrome with Polysplenia, Fused Adrenal Glands, and Diabetes Mellitus [PDF]

Clinical Medicine Insights: Cardiology, 2022
Heterotaxy syndrome is a rare congenital heart disease with a disarrangement of the heart and abdominal organs. We present a young African female with features of heart failure, diffuse irregular cardiac murmurs, and palpable, tender epigastric mass.
Abid M Sadiq, Adnan M Sadiq
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Heterotaxy Syndrome: Discordant Growth. [PDF]

Cureus, 2021
Heterotaxy syndrome implies a discordance between placement of thoracic organs with respect to abdominal organs. A large number of these have associated congenital heart defects. This syndrome is unique as every patient is different and can have any permutation and combination of symptoms.
Yadav P, Ajmera P, Krishnamurthy S, Nandivada NB.   +3 more
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Characterization of ultrasound and postnatal pathology in fetuses with heterotaxy syndrome [PDF]

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023
BackgroundTo explore the diagnostic clues and abnormality spectrum of heterotaxy syndrome by prenatal ultrasonography and postnatal verification.MethodsThe prenatal ultrasonic data of 88 heterotaxy syndrome fetuses were analyzed retrospectively as left ...
Qiumei Wu, Shan Guo, Biying Huang, Wen Ling, Longzhuang Peng, Hong Ma, Fa Chen, Guorong Lyu, Guorong Lyu, Min Liu, Xiuqing Qiu, Zongjie Weng   +11 more
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Pheochromocytoma in a patient with heterotaxy syndrome: a case report [PDF]

BMC Endocrine Disorders
Background Heterotaxy syndrome is a rare congenital condition characterized by abnormal arrangement of thoracoabdominal organs, often associated with complex cardiac and splenic anomalies. Pheochromocytoma is a rare neuroendocrine tumor that overproduces
Farid Farahani Rad, Fatemeh Esfahanian, Parandoosh Hashemizadeh, Ehsan Mehrtabar   +3 more
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Cardiac surgical outcomes of patients with heterotaxy syndromeCentral MessagePerspective [PDF]

JTCVS Open, 2023
Objectives: The study objectives were to analyze the outcomes of pediatric patients with heterotaxy syndrome undergoing cardiovascular surgery and to determine the predictors of mortality.
Manan H. Desai, MD, Nicolle M. Ceneri, MD, Zaenab Dhari, MD, Aybala Tongut, MD, Mahmut Ozturk, MD, Steven J. Staffa, MS, David Zurakowski, MS, PhD, David Schidlow, MD, MMus, Pranava Sinha, MD, Richard A. Jonas, MD, Can Yerebakan, MD   +10 more
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Heterotaxy syndrome with complex congenital heart disease, facial palsy, and asplenia: A rare newborn finding [PDF]

Clinical Case Reports, 2021
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, Dinesh Prasad Koirala, Suraj Shrestha, Hari Sedai, Bibek Man Shrestha, Sushan Homagain, Suraj Kandel   +6 more
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Locally invasive cholangiocarcinoma causing gastric outlet obstruction in heterotaxy syndrome: A case report and review of literature [PDF]

Radiology Case Reports
Heterotaxy syndrome is a disease of embryo development resulting in abnormal distribution of thoracic and abdominal organs across the left-right axis.
Wanyang Qian, MD, Benjamin M. Mac Curtain, BEng, MB, BCh, BAO, James P. Ryan, MB, BCh, BAO, MCH, Suresh Navadgi, MBBS, FRACS   +3 more
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Heterotaxy syndrome – An unusual cause for bowel obstruction in an adult [PDF]

South African Journal of Radiology
Heterotaxy syndrome, also known as situs ambiguous, is a spectrum of pathology due to loss of the normal right-to-left asymmetry of the thoraco-abdominal organs.
Radhiya Minty, Tanaka Gomba, Rabia Abid
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Early and long-term outcomes following cardiac surgery for patients with heterotaxy syndromeCentral MessagePerspective [PDF]

JTCVS Open
Objective: Heterotaxy syndrome is a complex multisystem abnormality historically associated with high morbidity and mortality. We sought to evaluate the early and long-term outcomes after cardiac surgery in heterotaxy syndrome.
Victor S. Alemany, MD, MS, Alexis Crawford, BA, Kimberlee Gauvreau, ScD, Emily M. Bucholz, MD-PhD, MPH, Pedro J. del Nido, MD, David N. Schidlow, MD, MMus, Meena Nathan, MD, MPH   +6 more
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Heterotaxy syndrome with intestinal malrotation, polysplenia and azygos continuity [PDF]

Clinics and Practice, 2018
Heterotaxy syndrome is a situs anomaly that comprises a large spectrum of cardiac and extracardiac malformations. Its association with intestinal malrotation is frequent. This later might be asymptomatic or manifest by signs of abdominal discomfort or of
Stéphanie Cupers, Christine Van Linthout, Brigitte Desprechins, Léon Rausin, Martine Demarche, Marie-Christine Seghaye   +5 more
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