Anomalous systemic and pulmonary veins-An unusual coexistence.
Priyadarshini ArunakumarAnoop AyyappanDeepa SasikumarKavassery Mahadevan KrishnamoorthyPublished in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2018)
A 12-year-old child presented with recurrent respiratory infections and was diagnosed with Scimitar syndrome. Drainage of IVC and course of aberrant arterial supply from aorta were not clear by echocardiogram, and hence, additional imaging was planned. CT unraveled the presence of a rare combination of anomalous pulmonary venous connection (APVC) to IVC, with near-atresia/severe stenosis of IVC, superior to the drainage of scimitar vein. There was a prominent azygos vein with preferential contrast opacification on lower limb injection.
Keyphrases
- inferior vena cava
- lower limb
- ultrasound guided
- pulmonary embolism
- pulmonary hypertension
- pulmonary artery
- contrast enhanced
- computed tomography
- high resolution
- magnetic resonance
- mental health
- aortic valve
- early onset
- image quality
- magnetic resonance imaging
- dual energy
- positron emission tomography
- drug induced
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- case report
- coronary artery