Clinics in diagnostic imaging (160). Levocardia with abdominal situs inversus.
Levocardia (left-sided cardiac apex) with abdominal situs inversus is extremely rare. This is also known as isolated levocardia and is almost always associated with severe forms of congenital heart defects with poor prognosis. We report isolated levocardia in a 13-year-old symptomatic male patient. The purpose of this paper is to outline the imaging features of isolated levocardia and to highlight the role of cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) in the diagnosis and management of such cases. Other forms of cardiac malposition, including dextrocardia, mesocardia and criss-cross heart, with chest radiograph and CMR correlation, are also discussed.
Nor Lenny
NL
Abdullah
Swee Chye
SC
Quek
Kar Yin
KY
Seto
Department of Diagnostic Imaging, National University Hospital, 1E Kent Ridge Road, NUHS Tower Block, Level 12, Singapore 119228. lynette_ls_teo@nuhs.edu.sg.
Lynette Li San
LL
Teo
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000293:Adolescent; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D007979:Levocardia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019028:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine; D008297:Male; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012857:Situs Inversus / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed