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Meandering pulmonary veins mimicking scimitar syndrome

Part of: Cardiac Morphology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 July 2018

Ravindra S. Pawar ,
Vimal Raj  and
Suresh Pujar V
Ravindra S. Pawar*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Narayana Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Vimal Raj
Affiliation:
Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Majumdar Shaw Medical Centre, Narayana Health City, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Suresh Pujar V
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Narayana Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
*
Author for correspondence: R. S. Pawar, Kids Heart Clinic, Above Vijaya Bank, Opposite Irwin Christian High School, Parvati Multiplex Chowk, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India. Tel: +91 9545507284; Fax: +91 8027832648; E-mail: drravipawar@gmail.com
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Abstract

Scimitar or pulmonary venolobar syndrome, a rare pulmonary anomaly, consists basically of anomalous pulmonary venous drainage of the right lung to the inferior caval vein, anomalous systemic arterial supply to the right lower lobe from the descending aorta, hypoplasia of the right lung, and dextroposed heart. We present a rare case with constellation of all these findings of scimitar syndrome, but with the aberrant pulmonary vein draining into the left atrium.

Keywords

Scimitar syndromescimitar variantmeandering pulmonary veincardiac anatomy and pathology
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 28 , Issue 10 , October 2018 , pp. 1171 - 1173
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2018 

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