BACKGROUND Asplenia-type heterotaxy syndrome(HS)is rare and refers to visceral malposition and dysmorphism.It is associated with a high infant mortality rate due to cardiac anomalies,and related digestive endoscopic i...
Background:Asplenia vaccination is employed before ABO-incompatible(ABOi)transplantation in case splenectomy is needed.Pneumococcal vaccines have been reported,in different patient groups,to increase anti-A/B titers,t...
Aims:Evidence is emerging that,in the setting of isomerism,the atrial and bronchial arrangement are not always concordant,nor are these patterns always harmonious with the arrangement of the abdominal organs.We aimed ...
Coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19),caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2),is an acute infectious disease that spreads mainly through the respiratory route.Besides interstitial ...
BACKGROUND Asplenia,the lack of a spleen,can be congenital and increases susceptibility to severe infections caused by encapsulated bacteria,such as Streptococcus pneumoniae(S.pneumoniae).We report two cases of severe...