title: Isolated subpulmonic fibrous ring, mirror-image dextrocardia and situs solitus in a young lady unreported and a near miss.
abstract: Congenital diseases causing obstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) are common, but the isolated subpulmonary membrane/ring is extremely rare and can be difficult to diagnose precisely, especially in adults. We report a case of surgically resected isolated subpulmonic fibrous ring in a lady with mirror-image dextrocardia and abdominal situs solitus that was misdiagnosed by echocardiography as a subaortic membrane.
authors: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Cardiology, Sudan Heart Institute, Khartoum, Sudan.
authors: Musaab
authors: M
authors: Yousif
authors: Nezar B
authors: NB
authors: Elhassan
authors: Sulafa K M
authors: SK
authors: Ali
authors: Yassir
authors: Y
authors: Ahmed
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D000328:Adult; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D003914:Dextrocardia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D021922:Discrete Subaortic Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011662:Pulmonary Subvalvular Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D012857:Situs Inversus / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology
keywords: Congenital; Dextrocardia; Membrane; Situs solitus
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