Transcatheter occlusion of the isolated scimitar vein anomaly camouflaged under dual pulmonary venous drainage of the right lung by the Amplatzer Ductal Occluder.
A 3.5-year-old girl, who presented recurrent pneumonia without discernible cyanosis or desaturation due to isolated scimitar vein anomaly camouflaged by dual pulmonary venous drainage of the right lung, underwent anterograde transvenous occlusion for this abnormal vessel successfully by the Amplatzer Ductal Occluder at 4 years old.
Lee
Meng-Luen
ML
Yang
Shun-Cheng
SC
Yang
Albert D
AD
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000628:therapy*; D002404:Catheterization; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*; D012587:Scimitar Syndrome / Q000628:therapy*