Scimitar syndrome associated with partial anomalous pulmonary venous draining into superior vena cava.
Scimitar syndrome is a rare congenital cardiopulmonary malformation characterized by hypoplasia of the right lung and drainage of the right pulmonary veins into the vena cava inferior. It may also be associated with cardiac dextroversion and anomalies of the tracheobronchial system, cardiovascular system, and diaphragm. Some cases are asymptomatic with others diagnosed in early-childhood period with pulmonary hypoplasia and other associated malformations. We present here a patient whose venous return of the middle and lower lobes of the right lung is into the superior vena cava, which is a very unusual finding for this disorder.
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pulmonology-Allergy, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
Esen
E
Demir
Memnune
M
Aşkin
Levent
L
Midyat
Figen
F
Gülen
Zülal
Z
Ulger
Remziye
R
Tanaç
Selen
S
Bayraktaroğlu
D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012587:Scimitar Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000002:abnormalities*