CT angiography of systemic to pulmonary venous shunt in superior vena cava obstruction.
Superior vena cava obstruction is associated with multiple venous collaterals. There is an unusual pathway involving pulmonary venous collaterals in which systemic veins drain directly into the left heart, resulting in a right-to-left shunt. We report here a rare case of systemic to pulmonary venous shunt on both hemithoraces in superior vena cava obstruction associated with Budd-Chiari syndrome due to coagulopathy which was diagnosed by multidetector computed tomography angiography.
Department of Radiology, Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. nilgunisiksalan@yahoo.com
Nilgün Işıksalan
NI
Ozbülbül
Mehmet
M
Yurdakul
Muharrem
M
Tola
Seda
S
Topal
Turhan
T
Cumhur
D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D006502:Budd-Chiari Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003097:Collateral Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed