title: Congenital short bowel syndrome with left acheiria: report of one case.
abstract: A case of congenital short bowel syndrome with left acheiria, hemivertebra and dextrocardia is described. Dilatation of the fetal bowel was observed at the 24th week of gestation during a routine ultrasonic scan of a healthy 23-year-old primigravida from a non-consanguineous marriage. Amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling were denied. The baby was delivered at 38 weeks of gestational age. After delivery, multiple anomalies were noted: left acheiria, congenital short bowel syndrome (15 cm in length of the ileum), pseudo-obstruction of intestine, dextrocardia, and hemivertebrae. We suspected these abnormalities might be due to a vascular accident or failure of lateralization during the early gestational period. To our knowledge, these combinations have not been reported previously in English literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, R.O.C.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Teng
authors.forename: K I
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Yau
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001132:Arm / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D012778:Short Bowel Syndrome / Q000151:congenital*