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Scimitar syndrome in a case with VACTERL association

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2014

Christian J. Fritz ,
Heiko M. Reutter  and
Ulrike Herberg
Christian J. Fritz
Affiliation:
Department of Neonatology, Children’s Hospital, University Hospital of Bonn, Germany
Heiko M. Reutter
Affiliation:
Department of Neonatology, Children’s Hospital, University Hospital of Bonn, Germany Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, Germany
Ulrike Herberg*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Children’s Hospital, University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
*
Correspondence to: Dr med. U. Herberg, Abteilung für Kinderkardiologie, Zentrum für Kinderheilkunde, Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Adenauerallee 119, 53115 Bonn, Germany. Tel: +49 228/287-33448 bzw. -33333; Fax: +49 228/287-33360; E-mail: Ulrike.Herberg@ukb.uni-bonn.de
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Abstract

VACTERL association and Scimitar syndrome are rare congenital diseases. In this study, we report on a neonate with prenatal suspicion of VACTERL association and small left-sided cardiac structures, which, only on postnatal angiography, could be revealed to be part of a Scimitar syndrome. As this is the second reported case of VACTERL association and Scimitar syndrome, the presence of Scimitar syndrome should be considered in the prenatal and postnatal evaluation of VACTERL association.

Keywords

Scimitar syndromeVACTERL associationcongenital abnormalitypulmonary veinanorectal malformation
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 25 , Issue 3 , March 2015 , pp. 606 - 609
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2014 

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