title: Angiography, CT and MR imaging of a high vena cava inferior interruption in a patient with Hirschsprung disease.
abstract: We report on a high vena cava inferior interruption immediately at the insertion to the right atrium in a patient with Hirschsprung disease assessed by angiography, CT, and MRI. Hirschsprung disease is frequently associated with Down, Undine, Waardenburg, Bardet-Biedl, Smith-Lemli-Opitz and Goldberg-Sphrintzen syndromes. We suggest that the association of these two malformations are most likely interrelated and should be considered as a new syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Philipps-University Marburg/Lahn, Germany. alter@mailer.uni-marburg.de
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Alter
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Walthers
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Schaefer
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Maisch
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006627:Hirschsprung Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology