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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Kalpana Giri, MBBS[2]

Overview

MR imaging may be helpful to define these structures in large patients or if overlying gas-filled bowel obscures the upper abdominal anatomy.

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References

  1. Applegate KE, Goske MJ, Pierce G, Murphy D (1999). "Situs revisited: imaging of the heterotaxy syndrome". Radiographics. 19 (4): 837–52, discussion 853-4. doi:10.1148/radiographics.19.4.g99jl31837. PMID 10464794.
  2. Albrecht T, Poss K, Issaranggoon Na Ayuthaya S, Triden L, Schleiss KL, Schleiss MR (2019). "Case report of congenital asplenia presenting with Haemophilus influenzae type a (Hia) sepsis: an emerging pediatric infection in Minnesota". BMC Infect Dis. 19 (1): 947. doi:10.1186/s12879-019-4572-4. PMC 6842177 Check |pmc= value (help). PMID 31703560.