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721422

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1979-2-21
pubmed:abstractText
Five children with polysplenia syndrome are described. Cardiac catheterization or postmortem examination revealed the following cardiac anomalies: interruption of the inferior vena cava with azygos (or hemiazygos) continuation to the left superior vena cava and a single atrium or a large atrial septal defect in all five children; a ventricular septal defect in three; and a primitive ventricle in one case. Other anomalies found were: central liver in all five; a right-sided stomach in three; and multiple small spleens and bilateral left, bilobed lungs--found on autopsy--in two of the children. In four of the five patients, whose ECG was available, a negative P wave was present in leads II, III and AVF. This leftward and superiorly directed P wave axis should suggest a diagnosis of polysplenia syndrome in an infant with congenital heart disease. The cardiac anomalies are surgically correctable; therefore, early recognition of this syndrome is of practical importance.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0021-2180
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
948-53
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1978
pubmed:articleTitle
Polysplenia syndrome. A study of five new cases.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports