
Heterotaxy syndrome implies a discordance between placement of thoracic organs with respect to abdominal organs. A large number of these have associated congenital heart defects. This syndrome is unique as every patient is different and can have any permutation and combination of symptoms. In our case, the five-year-old male child presented with complaints of abdominal distension, fever, and bluish discoloration of limbs with even mild exertion. Radiological evaluation was diagnosed with a large atrial septal defect, cardiomegaly, partial pulmonary venous circulation, multiple small spleens on the right side of body, a large midline liver, malrotated bowel, inferiorly displaced kidneys, and two hemiazygos veins. The echocardiography and electrocardiogram too were consistent with atrial septal defect and right ventricular strain pattern. The reasons for this highly variable pattern are rooted in the genetically complicated process of lateralization with a strong link to the copy number variations. Due to the variable patterns, it is more efficient to report all the findings utilizing a step-by-step process of commenting on each and every individual organ, instead of classifying them under different categories based on atrial isomerism. This is important as any other way of classification predisposes to a certain bias.
Pediatrics
Pediatrics
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