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(Circulation. 1970;41:685.)
© 1970 American Heart Association, Inc.

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Juxtaposition of Atrial Appendages Associated with Normally Oriented Ventricles and Great Arteries

ANTON E. BECKER M.D.¹ MIES J. BECKER M.D.¹

¹ From the Laboratory of Pathological Anatomy, University of Amsterdam, Wilhelmina Gasthuis, Amsterdam, Holland, and the Department of Patholog, The Charles T. Miller Hospital, St. Paul, Minnesota.

A case is reported of a stillborn infant in whom both atrial appendages lay to one side of the great arteries, so-called juxtaposition of the atrial appendages.

The unusual features of the case reported are twofold. First, both atrial appendages lay to the right of the great vessels while, more commonly, juxtaposed atrial appendages lie to the left of the aorta and pulmonary trunk.

Second, in our case the great vessels were normally related and no major intracardiac malformations were present (only an atrial septal defect and a bicuspid pulmonary valve), while, more commonly, the great vessels are transposed and major intracardiac malformations are associated.

Key Words: Right-sided juxtaposition of atrial appendages

Submitted on October 29, 1969
Accepted on December 12, 1969