Heterotaxy syndrome: a case report^*

Abstract

Heterotaxy syndrome is defined as an abnormal arrangement of some organs and vessels in association with dysmorphism. The authors describe the case of a patient with heterotaxy syndrome with poliesplenia incidentally diagnosed during imaging evaluation (computed tomography and small bowel barium study) of unrelated pathological condition.

Heterotaxy syndrome; Polysplenia; Disorders of intestinal rotation; Partial inferior vena cava agenesis; Dorsal pancreas agenesis