Polysplenia syndrome accompanied with situs inversus totalis and annular pancreas in an elderly patient
Received 30 September 2009; accepted 20 November 2009. published online 11 February 2010. Corrected Proof
Abstract
Polysplenia syndrome (PS) is rarely encountered in elderly. It is characterized by multiple spleens associated with various cardiac and gastrointestinal abnormalities including partial or complete agenesis of dorsal pancreas. Situs inversus totalis (SIT) is a rare congenital anomaly with mirror image of viscera combined with dextrocardia. Occurrence of SIT and PS in the same patient is exceedingly rare. We present the first case of adult PS with SIT accompanied with annular pancreas.
Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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