Heterotaxy syndrome and interrupted inferior vena cava (IVC) with azygos continuation

Document Type : Case Report

Authors

1 PhD student, Department of Anatomical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

2 Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sydney, Lidcombe, Australia

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran

4 Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomical Sciences and Histology, School of Medicine, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran

Abstract

Heterotaxy syndrome or situs ambiguous is a rare congenital disease in which the pattern of anatomical organization of the thoraco-abdominal visceral and vascular structures is not arranged in normal position. Patients with heterotaxy syndrome represent a wide range of anatomical variations including thoraco-abdominal structures. Here we report a rare case of asymptomatic heterotaxy syndrome in an elderly female with multiple accessory spleens, stomach on right side of the abdomen, midline liver, azygos continuation of Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) and intestinal malrotation.

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Journal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences
Volume 27, Issue 2
March and April 2020
Pages 177-182

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