ABSTRACT
Aortopulmonary window is a rare cardiac malformation presenting either in the isolated form, or in association with other cardiac anomalies. The isolated form usually presents an increased pulmonary blood flow as the main clinical feature, but if associated with other cardiac anomalies the clinical findings change according to the additional defect. Only 19 cases of aortopulmonary window associated with tetralogy of Fallot have been reported. Five of them have associated pulmonary atresia. We report two neonatal cases of aortopulmonary window and tetralogy of Fallot, one of them presenting an associated pulmonary atresia.
Subject(s)
Aortopulmonary Septal Defect/complications , Tetralogy of Fallot/complications , Aortopulmonary Septal Defect/epidemiology , Female , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Pulmonary Atresia/complications , Pulmonary Atresia/epidemiology , Tetralogy of Fallot/epidemiologyABSTRACT
A 64-year-old woman developed acute Reiter's syndrome 4 weeks after the start of intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin immunotherapy for a recurrent superficial bladder carcinoma. The absence of any other cause suggests that the bacillus played an etiopathogenic role in this HLA-B27-positive patient.
