title: Scimitar syndrome versus meandering pulmonary vein: evaluation with three-dimensional computed tomography.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tsitouridis
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsinoglou
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morichovitou
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stratilati
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Siouggaris
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kontaki
mesh_terms: 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