A very unusual cause of severe right upper quadrant pain: splenic infarct in a patient with heterotaxy syndrome

BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Nov 11;14(11):e246541. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-246541.

Authors

Hafez Mohammad Ammar Abdullah¹, Mamoon Ahmed², Salman Khan³, Uzma Ikhtiar Khan⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA dr.ammarabdullah@gmail.com.
² Department of Internal Medicine, University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Mercy Health St Vincent Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio, USA.
⁴ Khyber Medical College, Peshawar, Pakistan.

No abstract available

Keywords: gastroenterology; genetics; radiology.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abdominal Pain / etiology
Diagnosis, Differential
Heterotaxy Syndrome* / complications
Heterotaxy Syndrome* / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Splenic Infarction* / diagnostic imaging
Splenic Infarction* / etiology