Incidental diagnosis of a complex cyanotic congenital heart defect in a 32-year-old with orbital abscess
This case describes a 32-year-old adult male who was incidentally diagnosed with isolated dextrocardia, Double inlet left ventricle (l-looped), l-transposed great arteries with subpulmonary stenosis during evaluation for an orbital abscess. This case highlights protective factors that enabled this patient's survival into adulthood without cardiac surgeries or medications despite single ventricle physiology, namely his "self-banded" pulmonary flow.
Authors
- Santosh C. Uppu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0541-6588)
- Stephen C. John
- Som Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7553-8487)
- Li Xiong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7459-4070)
Institutions
- Memorial Hermann (US)
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cardiology in the Young
- Published
- 2025-11-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s1047951125101340
- Primary Topic
- Ear Surgery and Otitis Media
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00