Ten patients affected by the immotile cilia syndrome (ICS) and their families received an ultrasound examination of the upper abdomen to observe the possible familial occurence of biliary, pancreatic, and splenic alterations. In 9 patients the liver was localized in the left hypochondrium, and in 1 patient there was an accessory spleen. In all the examined kin, the subdiaphragmatic organs were normally positioned. Two parents had an accessory spleen. We conclude that the supposed increased frequency of polysplenia, asplenia, and biliary atresia among ICS subjects and their kin is overestimated and based only upon anecdotal reports.
De Santis A, Morlupo M, Cedola M, Peri C, Stati T, Pigna M, Antonelli M: Echographic survey of upper abdomen of 10 families of patients with immotile cilia syndrome / DE SANTIS, Adriano; Morlupo, M; Cedola, M; Peri, C; Stati, T; Pigna, M; Antonelli, Mariano. - In: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ULTRASOUND. - ISSN 0091-2751. - STAMPA. - 25:5(1997), pp. 259-263. [10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199706)25:5<259::AID-JCU7>3.0.CO;2-C]
De Santis A, Morlupo M, Cedola M, Peri C, Stati T, Pigna M, Antonelli M: Echographic survey of upper abdomen of 10 families of patients with immotile cilia syndrome.
DE SANTIS, Adriano;ANTONELLI, Mariano
1997
Abstract
Ten patients affected by the immotile cilia syndrome (ICS) and their families received an ultrasound examination of the upper abdomen to observe the possible familial occurence of biliary, pancreatic, and splenic alterations. In 9 patients the liver was localized in the left hypochondrium, and in 1 patient there was an accessory spleen. In all the examined kin, the subdiaphragmatic organs were normally positioned. Two parents had an accessory spleen. We conclude that the supposed increased frequency of polysplenia, asplenia, and biliary atresia among ICS subjects and their kin is overestimated and based only upon anecdotal reports.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
