Daniel de Souza Carneiro; Jamil Hussein de Arantes; Gustavo Veloso de Souza; Aline Santos Barreto; Mychaell Luciano Cardoso; Flávia Gontijo
Radiol Bras 2013;46(3):181-183 - CASE REPORT
The present report describes the findings at chest computed tomography angiography of a 28-year-old female patient with heterotaxy syndrome. This syndrome consists of a variety of anomalies of position and morphology of thoracoabdominal organs which do not follow the situs solitus or situs inversus arrangement. Imaging studies play a fundamental role in the individualization of the approach to the patient.
Keywords: Heterotaxy syndrome; Situs inversus; Spleen - abnormalities.
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