title: Cardiovascular MR imaging findings of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection to the portal vein in a patient with right atrial isomerism.
abstract: Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) is a rare congenital cardiovascular anomaly in which the pulmonary veins fail to join to the left atrium and drain directly to the right atrium or to one of the systemic veins. This anomaly is frequently seen together with complex cardiac anomalies especially as a part of right atrial isomerism syndrome. Atrial isomerism is called that the same morphological structure of both atria. We reported a very rare case demonstrating TAPVC between the portal vein and the pulmonary veins in a patient with right atrial isomerism by magnetic resonance imaging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, The Central Campus, Medical Faculty of Selcuk University, 42075, Konya, Turkey. koplaymustafa@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koplay
authors.forename: Yahya
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Paksoy
authors.forename: Cengiz
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Erol
authors.forename: Derya
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Arslan
authors.forename: Ali Sami
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Kivrak
authors.forename: Sevim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karaaslan
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000002:abnormalities; D006351:Heart Valves / Q000002:abnormalities; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities; D059446:Heterotaxy Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*; D012587:Scimitar Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*