Pseudodextrocardia: una nueva defifinición / Pseudo-dextrocardia: a new defifinition
Repert. med. cir
;
30(1): 64-67, 2021. ilus.
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in English, Spanish
| LILACS, COLNAL
| ID: biblio-1292233
RESUMEN
La pseudodextrocardia se ha definido como un desplazamiento irregular del corazón y sus estructuras vasculares hacia la derecha por causas extracardiacas. Es un hallazgo ocasional en estudios imagenológicos de tórax o abdomen y varía acorde con las diferentes relaciones causales. Se presenta el caso de un paciente con una neumopatía crónica, quien a su ingreso presenta pseudodextrocardia como hallazgo incidental.
ABSTRACT
Pseudo-dextrocardia has been defined as an unusual displacement of the heart and its vascular structures to the right secondary to extracardiac causes. It is an occasional finding in thoracic or abdominal imaging studies and varies according to the various causal relationships. We report a case of pseudo-dextrocardia as an incidental finding in a patient admitted with chronic pulmonary disease.
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LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Dextrocardia
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Heart
/
Mediastinum
Limits:
Aged
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Aged80
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
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Spanish
Journal:
Repert. med. cir
Journal subject:
Cirurgia Geral
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Medicina
Year:
2021
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Colombia
Institution/Affiliation country:
Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud/CO
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