Scimitar syndrome versus meandering pulmonary vein: evaluation with three-dimensional computed tomography.
We report two cases of abnormal configuration of the pulmonary venous system of the right lung evaluated with the use of three-dimensional spiral computed tomography (3D-CT). In the first case, an unusual form of scimitar syndrome was detected, consisting of two scimitar veins uniting into a common trunk immediately before their confluence into the inferior vena cava (IVC). The second case concerns a meandering pulmonary vein that followed a circuitous course through the right lung and came in close proximity to the IVC, before draining the entire right lung to the left atrium. In both cases, 3D-CT enabled a non-invasive, detailed anatomic evaluation of the right pulmonary vascular bed.
Tsitouridis
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Department of Radiology, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Tsinoglou
K
K
Morichovitou
A
A
Stratilati
S
S
Siouggaris
N
N
Kontaki
T
T
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008297:Male; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012587:Scimitar Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed