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Case Reports
. 2013 Dec;17(6):1043-4.
doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivt278. Epub 2013 Aug 20.

Isolated subpulmonic fibrous ring, mirror-image dextrocardia and situs solitus in a young lady unreported and a near miss

Musaab Yousif  1 , Nezar B Elhassan, Sulafa K M Ali, Yassir Ahmed
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Isolated subpulmonic fibrous ring, mirror-image dextrocardia and situs solitus in a young lady unreported and a near miss

Musaab Yousif et al. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2013 Dec.

Abstract

Congenital diseases causing obstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) are common, but the isolated subpulmonary membrane/ring is extremely rare and can be difficult to diagnose precisely, especially in adults. We report a case of surgically resected isolated subpulmonic fibrous ring in a lady with mirror-image dextrocardia and abdominal situs solitus that was misdiagnosed by echocardiography as a subaortic membrane.

Keywords: Congenital; Dextrocardia; Membrane; Situs solitus.

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Figure 1:
Intraoperative frontal view of the heart and the great vessels.
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Transoesophageal echocardiogram showing a thick fibrous membrane encircling the subpulmonary area.
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