A Rare Case of Dextrocardia with Situs Inversus Totalis in a Patient of Diabetic Mother

Seyed Hassan Voshtani; Seyedeh Niloufar Seyed Saadat; Seyed Mohammad Seyed Saadat; Mojtaba Mehrdad; Hassan Moladoust; Ebrahim Nasiri

Anatomical Sciences Journal (Nov 2013)

A Rare Case of Dextrocardia with Situs Inversus Totalis in a Patient of Diabetic Mother

Seyed Hassan Voshtani,
Seyedeh Niloufar Seyed Saadat,
Seyed Mohammad Seyed Saadat,
Mojtaba Mehrdad,
Hassan Moladoust,
Ebrahim Nasiri

Affiliations

Seyed Hassan Voshtani: Heshmat Heart Hospital, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.
Seyedeh Niloufar Seyed Saadat: Medical Student, Student Research Committee, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.
Seyed Mohammad Seyed Saadat: Medical Student, Student Research Committee, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.
Mojtaba Mehrdad: Razi Hospital, Department of Endocrinology, Rasht, Iran.
Hassan Moladoust
Ebrahim Nasiri: Cardiovascular Research Center, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 4
pp. 41 – 44

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Infants of diabetic mothers are significantly at higher risk for major congenital malformations, with cardiovascular anomalies that is the most frequent. In this study, we presented a rare case of dextrocardia and situs inversus totalis (mirror-image dextrocardia) with multiple congenital heart anomalies who was born from a diabetic mother.

Published in Anatomical Sciences Journal

ISSN: 2322-3626 (Print)
Publisher: Negah Institute for Scientific Communication
Country of publisher: Iran, Islamic Republic of
LCC subjects: Science: Human anatomy
Website: http://www.anatomyjournal.ir/

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