Mirror image dextrocardia - Mirror image dextrocardia

…(12) Dextrocardia A dextrocardia is a heart in which most of the heart is located in the right thorax and the apex faces right. There are cases in which the left-right relationship of the abdominal viscera and lungs is reversed (mirror image dextrocardia), cases in which the left-right relationship of the abdominal viscera and lungs is normal (isolated dextrocardia), and cases associated with asplenia or polysplenia. The former is often not accompanied by intracardiac malformations, but the latter two are often accompanied by complex and severe cardiac malformations and often present with cyanosis. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "mirror image dextrocardia" is listed below.

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…(12)右胸心　心臓の大部分が右の胸郭内にあって心尖を右に向けているものを右胸心という。腹部内臓や肺も左右関係が正常と逆になっている場合(鏡像右胸心)と，腹部内臓や肺の左右関係は正常の場合(孤立性右胸心)，および無脾症，多脾症に伴う場合とがある。前者は心臓内奇形を伴わないことが多いが，後2者は複雑重症な心臓奇形を伴っており，チアノーゼを呈することが多い。…

※「鏡像右胸心」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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