A newborn has cyanosis in the first week of life. The mother has history of Diabetes. Chest x ray was done which revealed : On fuher evaluation and investigation, the presumptive diagnosis is made. You feel that the symptoms newborn experiencing is due to inappropriate circulation of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood between the body hea and lungs Survival in the neonatal period is provided in such cases by the foramen ovale and the ductus aeriosus, which permit some mixture of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood. What is the diagnosis and the defect, respectively in above clinical scenario ?
Chest x ray reveals SNOWMAN appearance, seen in TAPVC. Transposition of the great vessels occurs when the conotruncal septum doesn't follow its normal spiral course and instead goes straight down. As a consequence, the aoa originates from the right ventricle, and the pulmonary aery originates from the left ventricle.
TAPVC, abnormal cardiac looping
PAPVC , abnormal cardiac looping
VSD, defective interventricular septation
TGA, straight conotruncal septa.
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