Abstract
Congenital extrahepatic portosystemic shunt (CEPS) is associated with polysplenia and heterotaxy and can cause portopulmonary hypertension. We report a 12-month-old girl who acutely died likely due to portopulmonary hypertension secondary to CEPS associated with heterotaxy and polysplenia. A retrospective radiographic review following her autopsy identified an anatomical explanation for the acute death in an infant.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1041-1044 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Pediatric Pulmonology |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 2011 |
Keywords
- heterotaxy
- interrupted inferior vena cava
- polysplenia
- portopulmonary hypertension
- portosystemic shunt
- sudden death
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