Spondylocostal dysostosis with tetralogy of Fallot and herniation of the spleen through the diaphragm

Abstract

Spondylocostal dysostosis (SCD) is a very rare syndrome characterized by vertebral malformation and rib deformity. Some of the patients with SCD have other birth defects in the central nervous system, the genitourinary tract, diaphragm or heart and so forth. There have been reported SCD with complex congenital heart disease, such as pulmonary atresia, double outlet right ventricle, and d-transposition of great arteries. However, there have been no reported SCD patients with confirmed tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). Here, a patient with SCD having a very rare combination of rib defects on the right side and left-sided scoliosis, tetralogy of Fallot, and diaphragmatic spleen herniation, which had not been reported before, was described. © 2014 Japanese Teratology Society.