Congenital Abnormality
situs ambiguus
si·tus ambiguus
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(heterotaxy) An abnormality in which the internal thoraco-abdominal organs demonstrate abnormal arrangement across the left-right axis of the body.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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(heterotaxy) The abnormal arrangement or position of thoracic and/or abdominal organs in relation to each other, often occurring in a right/left transposition.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(visceral heterotaxy) Congenital deformity in which the internal organs of the THORAX and the ABDOMEN are abnormally arranged across the mediolateral body axis.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Heterotaxy is a condition characterized by internal organs that are not arranged as would be expected in the chest and abdomen. Organs are expected to be in a particular orientation inside of the body, known as situs solitus. Heterotaxy occurs when the organs are not in this typical orientation, but are instead in different positions in...National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
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