Malrotation and volvulus associated with heterotaxy syndrome

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. At laparotomy, the midgut was also found to be enclosed in a thin...

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Autores principales: Mahalik, Santosh K., Khanna, Sanat, Menon, Prema
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3409907/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22869985
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.98138
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description 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. At laparotomy, the midgut was also found to be enclosed in a thin transparent cocoon.
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spelling pubmed-34099072012-08-06 Malrotation and volvulus associated with heterotaxy syndrome Mahalik, Santosh K. Khanna, Sanat Menon, Prema J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg Case Report 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. At laparotomy, the midgut was also found to be enclosed in a thin transparent cocoon. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3409907/ /pubmed/22869985 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.98138 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Malrotation and volvulus associated with heterotaxy syndrome
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title_short Malrotation and volvulus associated with heterotaxy syndrome
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3409907/
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