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http://dx.doi.org/10.4250/jcu.2011.19.4.211

INCIDENTALLY DETECTED SITUS AMBIGUOUS IN ADULTS  

Kim, Jae-Gyung (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Youn, Ho-Joong (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Kim, Gee-Hee (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Park, Mi-Hee (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Hur, Joon (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Yu, Jin-Sok (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Jung, Soo-Yeon (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
An, Soe-Hee (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
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Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging / v.19, no.4, 2011 , pp. 211-215 More about this Journal
Abstract
Situs ambiguous is rare congenital anomaly in adults. In 2 adult patients who admitted for different cardiac problems, situs ambiguous with polysplenia was detected. A 42-year-old male admitted for radio frequent catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation, and he had left-sided inferior vena cava (IVC), hepatic segment of IVC interruption with hemiazygos continuation, multiple spleens and intestinal malrotation. And in a 52-year-old female case who was hospitalized due to infective endocarditis after implanting pacemaker for sick sinus syndrome, multiple spleens, left-sided stomach, bilateral liver with midline gallbladder, and left-sided IVC were found. Those findings were consistent with situs ambiguous with polysplenia, but their features were distinctive.
Keywords
Situs ambiguous; Polysplenia syndrome; Adult;
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