Situs inversus with dextrocardia in a mummy case

Abstract A mummy of a young woman, who died due to tuberculous peritonitis and salpingitis, is conserved in the Pathological Anatomy Museum of the University of Padua. It was found at autopsy to have situs inversus of viscera with dextrocardia, apparently in the absence of other congenital defects....

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Published in:Cardiovascular pathology 2014, Vol.23 (1), p.61-64
Main Authors: Zanatta, Alberto, Zampieri, Fabio, Bonati, Maurizio Rippa, Frescura, Carla, Scattolin, Giuliano, Stramare, Roberto, Thiene, Gaetano
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abnormalities, Multiple
Adolescent
Autopsy
Dextrocardia
Dextrocardia - diagnostic imaging
Dextrocardia - pathology
Female
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular - pathology
Humans
Multidetector Computed Tomography
Mummies - diagnostic imaging
Mummies - pathology
Mummy
Pathology
Pericarditis, Tuberculous - pathology
Salpingitis - pathology
Situs inversus
Situs Inversus - diagnostic imaging
Situs Inversus - pathology
Tuberculosis, Female Genital - pathology
Ventricular septal defect
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Summary:Abstract A mummy of a young woman, who died due to tuberculous peritonitis and salpingitis, is conserved in the Pathological Anatomy Museum of the University of Padua. It was found at autopsy to have situs inversus of viscera with dextrocardia, apparently in the absence of other congenital defects. A 64-section scanner computed tomography (CT) on the specimen was carried out to investigate the internal condition of organs. The CT revealed the presence in the heart of a muscular ventricular septal defect and of calcific deposits on visceral pericardium and aortic wall, in keeping with sequelae of previous tuberculous pericarditis.
ISSN:1054-8807
1879-1336
DOI:10.1016/j.carpath.2013.07.002