title: Polysplenia syndrome accompanied with situs inversus totalis and annular pancreas in an elderly patient.
abstract: Polysplenia syndrome (PS) is rarely encountered in elderly. It is characterized by multiple spleens associated with various cardiac and gastrointestinal abnormalities including partial or complete agenesis of dorsal pancreas. Situs inversus totalis (SIT) is a rare congenital anomaly with mirror image of viscera combined with dextrocardia. Occurrence of SIT and PS in the same patient is exceedingly rare. We present the first case of adult PS with SIT accompanied with annular pancreas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, IL 60637, USA. arda_kayhan@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Arda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kayhan
authors.forename: Hatice
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lakadamyali
authors.forename: Jacob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Oommen
authors.forename: Aytekin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oto
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010179:Pancreas / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012857:Situs Inversus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013154:Spleen / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013577:Syndrome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed