title: Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection to the portal vein.
abstract: Anomalous pulmonary venous return represents a rare congenital anomaly with wide anatomic and physiologic variability. We report a case of the newborn with a rare form of total infracardiac anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC). The pulmonary veins draining both lungs formed two vertical veins, which joined to a common pulmonary trunk below the diaphragm. This venous channel connected to the portal vein through the esophageal hiatus. The diagnosis was suggested by color Doppler sonography and confirmed by intravenous digital subtraction angiography, which allowed definition of the anatomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wyttenbach
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Carrel
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schüpbach
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tschäppeler
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Triller
mesh_terms: D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color