Incidentally Detected Situs Ambiguous in Adults.
10.4250/jcu.2011.19.4.211
- Author:
Jae Gyung KIM
1
;
Ho Joong YOUN
;
Gee Hee KIM
;
Mi Hee PARK
;
Joon HUR
;
Jin Sok YU
;
Soo Yeon JUNG
;
Soe Hee AN
Author Information
1. Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. younhj@catholic.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Situs ambiguous;
Polysplenia syndrome;
Adult
- MeSH:
Adult;
Atrial Fibrillation;
Catheter Ablation;
Endocarditis;
Female;
Gallbladder;
Heterotaxy Syndrome;
Humans;
Liver;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Sick Sinus Syndrome;
Spleen;
Stomach;
Vena Cava, Inferior
- From:Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound
2011;19(4):211-215
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
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.
