title: Anomalous inferior and superior venae cavae with oculoauriculovertebral defect: review of Goldenhar complex and malformations of left-right asymmetry.
abstract: We observed a girl with an interrupted, left inferior vena cava with hemiazygous continuation, bilateral superior venae cavae, heart defects, and sacral agenesis. She had macrostomia and bilateral ear tags and pits, as in oculoauriculovertebral defect. Maternal diabetes was present. The combination, which we call OAV-heterotaxia complex, supports the view that some cases of oculoauriculovertebral defect may be part of a midline field defect of blastogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California 90502, USA.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Owens
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Sinow
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: DeVito
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Beall
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Lachman
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006053:Goldenhar Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011859:Radiography; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging