title: Scimitar syndrome presenting in adults.
abstract: Scimitar syndrome is a rare and complex congenital anomaly, which is characterized by the image of a Turkish sword on the chest X-ray. Very few cases in adults are reported in the literature. The long-term results of scimitar syndrome after surgical correction remain disappointing. We report an adult patient with scimitar syndrome undergoing surgery at our center.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Diabetes Center, NRW/Ruhr-University Hospital of Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany. ystjang@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Yanto Sandy
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Tjang
authors.forename: Ute
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Blanz
authors.forename: Stanley
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kirana
authors.forename: Reiner
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Körfer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D012587:Scimitar Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome