Uhl's anomaly: perspective of fetal echocardiography and histopathological correlation

Cardiol Young. 2017 Mar;27(2):388-390. doi: 10.1017/S1047951116001232.

Abstract

We report a case of Uhl's anomaly imaged at 19 weeks of gestation by fetal echocardiography with pathological confirmation by anatomical gross heart specimen and tissue histology. Uhl's anomaly of the right ventricle is a rare cardiac disorder with isolated right ventricular enlargement with almost complete absence of the right ventricular myocardium.

Keywords: Uhl’s anomaly; fetal imaging; histopathology.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / diagnosis*
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / embryology
  • Echocardiography, Doppler / methods*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Fetal Diseases*
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnosis*
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / embryology
  • Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine
  • Myocardium / pathology*
  • Pregnancy
  • Prenatal Diagnosis / methods*

Supplementary concepts

  • Uhl anomaly