title: Unusual variant of a rare constellation: a left-sided scimitar syndrome with connection to the azygos vein.
abstract: Scimitar syndrome is a rare variant of partial anomalous pulmonary venous return. The syndrome consists of a right-sided abnormal lung segment that is directly supplied by arteries from the aorta and has an anomalous venous drainage to the inferior vena cava. Three cases of left-sided scimitar syndrome have been reported in the literature, but it has not yet been associated with venous drainage to the azygos vein. Herein we report a left-sided scimitar syndrome with anomalous venous drainage to the azygos vein.
authors.affiliation: Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego, University of California San Diego, School of Medicine, San Diego, California 92117, USA. bratiandris@yahoo.com
authors.forename: András
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bratincsák
authors.forename: Rashmi P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: Howaida G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: El-Said
mesh_terms: D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001401:Azygos Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012587:Scimitar Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*