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Heterotaxy

Case contributed by Frank Gaillard
Diagnosis certain

Patient Data

Age: Neonate
x-ray

Properly placed endotracheal tube.
Left-sided heart but horizontally "flipped" enlarged liver.
Note that the humeral head has not yet ossfied, suggesting that perhaps this is a preterm neonate.

Case Discussion

Heterotaxy in a neonate. 

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