Ectopic spleen and left-sided vena cava in Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome.

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Department of Radiology, Dokuz Eylul University Hospital, 35340 Inciralti, Izmir, Turkey.

Published: June 2002

Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is a congenital overgrowth syndrome characterized by anterior abdominal wall defects, macroglossia, and gigantism. A variety of other abnormalities have been described, however association with ectopic spleen and left-sided vena cava has not been reported previously. We report ectopic spleen, left-sided vena cava and the other abdominal imaging findings of an adult BWS case who came up to date without any follow-up from the early childhood.

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