Tetralogy of fallot coexisting with aortopulmonary window : a case report

Abstract EN

Tetralogy of Fallot and aortopulmonary window are rarely associated.

One-day-old male infant diagnosed preoperatively in the Department of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery in Children's Hospital Medical Center at Cincinnati, Ohio (United State), with truncus arteriosus, was discovered intraoperatively to have tetralogy of Fallot coexisting with aortopulmonary window.

The child underwent a successful intraoperative repair.

The hypothesis concerning the embryological pathogenesis of this association is discussed.

The difficulty of preoperative diagnosis is emphasized.