THYMIC HYPOPLASIA (DIGEORGE-SYNDROME) IN A NEWBORN WITH TETRALOGY OF FALLOT, DETECTED BY MAGNETIC-RESONANCE-IMAGING

Authors
LIANG CD KO SF CHANG JP
Citation
Cd. Liang et al., THYMIC HYPOPLASIA (DIGEORGE-SYNDROME) IN A NEWBORN WITH TETRALOGY OF FALLOT, DETECTED BY MAGNETIC-RESONANCE-IMAGING, Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 95(11), 1996, pp. 870-872
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association → ACNP
ISSN journal
09296646
Volume
95
Issue
11
Year of publication
1996
Pages
870 - 872
Database
ISI
SICI code
0929-6646(1996)95:11<870:TH(IAN>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
We report on a case of thymic hypoplasia (DiGeorge syndrome) associate d with tetralogy of Fallot in a newborn. The diagnosis was established on the basis of echocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) an d surgical observations. In this paper, we emphasize that MRI may be u sed not only to characterize cardiovascular anomalies, but to diagnose thymic hypoplasia.