Association of a Cor Triatriatum Sinister and a right partial anomalous pulmonary venous return. A case report.

A 56-day old baby girl referred for recurrent respiratory tract infections and stridor, showed a rare association of a Cor Triatriatum Sinister (CTS) and a right Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return (PAPVR), in the form of a stenosed Scimitar vein, draining the right pulmonary veins to the subdiaphragmatic inferior vena cava (IVC), on echography and angiography. The baby underwent successful surgical repair of the CTS, by resection of the obstructive false membrane and reconnection of the Scimitar vein to the left atrium. At the age of 5 years, the child is doing well without any evidence of obstruction on the right or the left pulmonary venous drainage.

Extra-anatomic bypass shunting in aorto-iliac occlusive disease. Clinical results and risk factors in a Belgian population.

We present a retrospective study of 38 patients undergoing axillofemoral bypass shunting (AXF, n=42, including 29 axillobifemoral (AXBF) and 9 axillo-unifemoral (AXUF)) from 1988 to 1998, for aorto-iliac occlusive disease (AOD). Six were excluded from the study as they did not meet entry criteria; the remaining 32 patients were retained. All patients had histories of failed medical treatment.

Congenital intrathoracic herniation of the right liver--late presentation as anicteric cholestasis.

This report describes an unusual case of right-sided congenital diaphragmatic hernia discovered fortuitously in a 45-year-old woman. Herniation was characterized by intrathoracic protrusion of the right liver and other abdominal viscera, left intrahepatic biliary dilatation, and anicteric cholestasis. Surgical repair was performed.

Diabetes mellitus after liver transplant new etiologic clues and cornerstones for understanding.

A retrospective study was performed on all orthotopic liver transplant (OLT) recipients (n = 167) from a major French transplant center from January 1998 to December 2000. The investigation sought to determine the prevalence, predictive factors, and outcome of post-liver transplant diabetes mellitus (PTDM). PTDM was defined at 6 months post-OLT as hyperglycemia requiring treatment with insulin or oral hypoglycemic agents.

Cor triatriatum dextrum. Surgical treatment in a neonate.

This is the report of a cor triatriatum dextrum, detected in utero and surgically treated at 10 days of age. We have been unable to find a similar report of neonatal correction in the literature.