Official websites use. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Heterotaxy syndrome Situs ambiguus is a condition in which the internal organs are abnormally arranged in the chest and abdomen.
Individuals with this condition have complex birth defects affecting the heart, lungs, liver, spleen, intestines, and other organs. Unlike situs inversus, it often causes serious health problems.
This report describes a case of a year-old Hispanic female with a significant medical history of situs ambiguous diagnosed at birth in Cuba. Certain unusual findings included azygos continuation of the inferior vena cava IVC , numerous spleens, atrophic pancreas, dilatation of duodenal C sweep, pelvic mass possibly arising from right ovary , multiple nabothian cysts, and cardiac dysfunctions such as severe mitral regurgitation. This report further aims to identify anatomic variants, previously established or otherwise not, in heterotaxy syndrome.
Also, there seems to be a lack of identifiable anomalies or associations in regard to female anatomy, particular to this case being the female pelvic anatomy.
As previous reports and research have stated, identification of anomalies in this syndrome is key for adequate and optimal management. Keywords: heterotaxy syndrome, left isomerism, right isomerism, situs ambiguus, situs inversus.
