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Student's Journal of Health Research Africa, 2023 Biliary atresia is a destructive, idiopathic, and inflammatory cholangiopathy that affects intra and extra-hepatic bile ducts leading to fibrosis and obliteration of the biliary tract and development of liver cirrhosis.
Evalyne Tukwasibwe +3 more
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Anomalies of Abdominal Organs in Polysplenia Syndrome: Multidetector Computed Tomography Findings
대한영상의학회지, 2016 Polysplenia syndrome is a rare situs ambiguous anomaly associated with multiple spleens and anomalies of abdominal organs. Because most of the minor anomalies do not cause clinical symptoms, polysplenia syndrome is detected incidentally in the adults ...
Sungwon Kim, Yong Seok Lee, Jin-Hee Jung
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RarePolysplenia is a congenital condition characterized by the presence of multiple small accessory spleens with absent of primary spleen. While polysplenia may occur in isolation or may be present as part of Polysplenia syndrome.
Jayeshkumar Kanani +1 more
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Aortic pseudocoarctation associated with polysplenia/heterotaxy syndrome
Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia, 2015 Polysplenia/heterotaxy syndrome is a rare congenital disorder associated with a wide spectrum of anomalies in various organ systems. Although anomalies of the cardiovascular system are common in this syndrome, the authors report a rare case of ...
Ricardo Duarte, Humberto Morais
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Heterotaxy syndrome with left atrial isomerism and polysplenia is a unique entity: a case report
Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2021 A state of a patient with heterotaxy syndrome with polysplenia was indiscriminately diagnosed through visualized estimation (computed tomography and pelviabdominal ultrasound) regardless of the pathological state.
Rana El-Helbawy +2 more
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Wandering Spleen, A Rare Cause of Acute Abdomen: A Case Report
Clinical Case Reports, Volume 13, Issue 10, October 2025.ABSTRACT A wandering spleen (WS) is rare and often presents a diagnostic challenge to clinicians. We report a WS in a 16‐year‐old who presented with abdominal pain, vomiting, and peritonism. Imaging (ultrasound and CT scans), which usually facilitates a prompt diagnosis, was inconclusive, and the diagnosis was made by exploratory laparotomy.
John Kanyiri Yambah +7 more
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Non-cardiac issues in patients with heterotaxy syndrome
Annals of Pediatric Cardiology, 2014 Management of complex congenital heart disease in patients with Heterotaxy syndrome (HS) has steadily improved. However, there is an insufficient appreciation of various non-cardiac issues that might impact the overall status of these patients.
Shyam S Kothari
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Anatomy, embryology, and imaging of situs ambiguous with polysplenia and left IVC
Radiology Case Reports, 2023 The situs ambiguous or heterotaxy syndrome is a type of syndrome that involves multiple visceral abnormalities, vascular ones and associated with left isomerism.
Rosa Montero-Macías, MD +4 more
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Hepatology Research, Volume 55, Issue 4, Page 611-621, April 2025.Fontan‐associated liver disease (FALD) is a frequent complication after Fontan surgery. Data from 1168 Fontan patients, including blood tests, imaging, and pathology, from high‐volume centers across Japan were used to develop diagnostic criteria for FALD and advanced FALD. The proposed diagnostic criteria accurately identified FALD in 86.8% of patients,
Tomomi Kogiso +4 more
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Malrotation and volvulus associated with heterotaxy syndrome
Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons, 2012 A 2-year-old boy with heterotaxy syndrome with associated polysplenia, ventricular septal defect, and malrotation of gut with volvulus is presented. There was delay in diagnosis due to the unusual plain abdominal radiography findings.
Santosh K Mahalik +2 more
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