title: Isolated persistent left superior vena cava with absent right superior vena cava in two cases.
abstract: Persistent left superior vena cava (LSVC) with absent right superior vena cava (RSVC) is a very rare congenital anomaly. Its isolated existence is even rarer. Persistent LSVC is usually asymptomatic and discovered incidentally. We present persistent LSVC with absent RSVC in two asymptomatic patients, namely, a 52-year-old woman and 65-year-old man. The diagnosis was confirmed by cardiac computed tomography in both cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Ahi Evren Chest, Heart and Vascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Trabzon, Turkey.
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Korkmaz
authors.forename: Ali Rıza
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Akyüz
authors.forename: M Emre
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Erkuş
authors.forename: Cevat
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Topal
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D054079:Vascular Malformations / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging