DEXTROCARDIA IN CHILDREN
Authors: Henry A. Reisman
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1936)

Article1 August 1936DEXTROCARDIA IN CHILDRENHENRY A. REISMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P.HENRY A. REISMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-10-2-200 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe term dextrocardia should be employed to designate all instances in which the heart is found in the right side of the thorax. If thus employed, the term loses its connotation as a mere anatomical curiosity; and the study of the etiological types of dextrocardia assumes its rightful importance.The present discussion of dextrocardia in children is illustrated by reports of eight cases. During the course of a study of tuberculosis in school children, in which the author has participated, roentgenograms of the chests of 11,253 children have been made. In this series three cases of dextrocardia have been found,...Bibliography1. School x-ray examinations conducted by the Queensboro Tuberculosis and Health Association in coöperation with the Medical Society of the County of Queens, The Departments of Health and of Education and the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Google Scholar2. PEACOCK T: Malformations of the heart, 2nd Ed., 1866, Churchill and Sons, page 1. Google Scholar3. MOFFETNEUHOFF RDS: Congenital dextrocardia with patent interventricular septum, Am. Jr. Dis. Child., 1915, x, 1-15. Google Scholar4. NAGEL M: Beiträge zur Kasuistik und Lehre von der angeborenen reinen Dextrokardia, Deutsch. Arch. f. klin. Med., 1909, xcvi, 552-586. Google Scholar5. ABERNETHY J: Philos. Trans. Roy. Soc. London, 1793, lxxxiii, 295. Google Scholar6. ROYERWILSON BFJD: Incomplete heterolaxy, with unusual heart malformation, Arch. Pediat., 1908, xxv, 881-896. Google Scholar7. WENNER O: Beiträge zur Lehre der Herzmissbildungen, Virchow's Arch. f. path. Anat., 1909, cxcvi, 127-168. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. BAYNES-JONES SA: Eventration of the diaphragm, Arch. Int. Med., 1916, xvii, 221-238. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. BLACKFORDBOOTH LMWT: Dextrocardia secondary to eventration of the diaphragm, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1932, xcviii, 883-885. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. LANDIS HR: Diseases of the diaphragm (in Osler's Modern Medicine, 3rd Ed., 1927, Vol. 4, Page 334, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia). Google Scholar11. HEDBLOM CA: Acquired dextrocardia, Arch. Surg., 1929, xviii, 349-364. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. GORDONGOLANN MBDL: Traumatic diaphragmatic hernia in a girl eight years of age, Am. Jr. Dis. Child., 1921, xxii, 579-585. Google Scholar13. GIFFIN HZ: Diagnosis of diaphragmatic hernia, Ann. Surg., 1912, lv, 388-397. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. HEDBLOM CA: Diaphragmatic hernia, ANN. INT. MED., 1934, viii, 157-176. Google Scholar15. JONES HW: Types of dextrocardia, Brit. Med. Jr., 1924, i, 147. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16. TRUESDALE PE: Diaphragmatic hernia in a child, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1931, xcvi, 847-848. CrossrefGoogle Scholar17. BÖNNIGER M: Angeborener Defekt der rechten Lunge, Med. Klin., 1928, xxiv, 258-259. Google Scholar18. GRIFFITH JP: Displacement of the heart in pneumonia in children, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1927, clxxiv, 448-453. CrossrefGoogle Scholar19. FLEISCHNER EC: Heart displacement apparently due to mediastinal emphysema following aspiration pneumonia, Am. Jr. Dis. Child., 1921, xxi, 206-210. Google Scholar20. DUQUE H: Dextrocardia e megadiaphragma, Jr. d. Clin., 1932, xiii, 289-292. Google Scholar21. REID WD: Congenital dextrocardia; unique case, New Eng. Jr. Med., 1932, ccv, 151-152. Google Scholar22. DESMEULES R: Dextrocardie par sclérose pulmonaire, Bull. méd. d. Québec, 1931, xxxii, 184-187. Google Scholar23. MOOREKIRKLIN ABBR: Progress in roentgenologic diagnosis of diaphragmatic hernia, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1930, xcv, 1966-1969. CrossrefGoogle Scholar24. ABBOTTMOFFATT MEW: Mirror-picture dextrocardia, Canad. Med. Assoc. Jr., 1929, xx, 611-616. Google Scholar25. SALOMON AV: Diaphragmatic hernia accompanied by dextrocardia, Arch. Pediat., 1931, xlviii, 802-804. Google Scholar26. SENAC T: De la structure du coeur de son action et de ses maladies, 1749 (quoted by H. W. Jones15). Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Jamaica, N. Y.*Received for publication August 10, 1935. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byA Case of Isolated Congenital DextrocardiaDextro-cardia with complete transposition of the viscera 1 August 1936Volume 10, Issue 2Page: 200-213KeywordsChildrenHeartThorax ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1936 PDF downloadLoading ...