Truncus arteriosus communis is a congenital heart malformation, which is usually repaired in the neonatal period or early infancy. Although results of repair are good, there is long-term morbidity caused by reoperations mainly owing to right ventricle to pulmonary artery conduit exchange or stenosis at the pulmonary artery bifurcation as recently reported for Contegra conduits. We present a new...

Congenital pouch colon is a condition of a shortened and pouch-like dilated colon and it is usually associated with an anorectal malformation. The pathogenesis and embryology of congenital pouch colon are not well understood, but dietary, environmental factors and familial inheritance may be contributing factors in this pathology. Most of the cases in the literature have been reported from Indi...

TRANSPOSITION of the great vessels is not a rare anomaly. It accounts for 8 per cent and is the fourth most common of all congenital heart diseases, being surpassed in frequency only by patent ductus arteriosus, ventricular septal defect, and tetralogy of Fallot.' Furthermore, transposition is a notorious first cause of death from congenital heart disease in childhood. At the Texas Children 's ...

Introduction: Congenital gastrointestinal (GI) malformation occurs due to mal development of GI organs. The diagnosis is based on clinical exam and radiography. The aim of this study was to determine prevalence of gastrointestinal anomalies in Imam Reza hospital deliveries Mashhad, Iran. Materials and Methods: In retrospective descriptive study for one year since 1.8.1391 all deliveries in...

BACKGROUND The actual yield from current screening for clinically significant congenital heart malformations in Dutch child health care is far from optimal. In this study factors that determine the effectiveness of this screening are identified and recommendations for the optimization of the screening programme are formulated. METHODS Eighty-two patients with a clinically significant congenit...

A 33-year-old woman at 23 weeks of gestational age was referred for consultation due to the findings of a cyst in the right lung of the fetus. Prenatal ultrasound showed a 3 cm-sized hypoechogenic cyst, suggesting congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation. As the cyst grew and compressed the heart, serial cyst aspirations were performed. The cyst was proved to be congenital lobar emphysema on ...

In 2014, a published study based on dissections and skeletal examinations noted that 19:50 Thoroughbred horses had a congenital malformation of the 6th cervical vertebra (C6). In addition, it was found that in those 19 Thoroughbred horses expressing a congenital malformation of C6, 9 displayed a concurrent congenital malformation of the 7th cervical vertebra (C7). In this study, 3 Thoroughbred ...

Chiari malformation is a congenital anomaly that primarily involves the downward displacement of the cerebellar tonsils through the foramen magnum and elongation of forth ventricle and lower brainstem. Patients with Chiari I (congenital or acquired) malformation are asymptomatic or may present with neurologic signs and symptoms. It is always a question of safety of neuraxial anesthesia in these...

AIM To determine the prevalence and clinical significance of murmurs detected during routine neonatal examination. METHODS In a two year prospective study, 7204 newborn babies underwent routine examination by senior house officers. All those with murmurs underwent echocardiographic examination. All babies presenting later in infancy were also identified, to ascertain the total prevalence of c...