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Congenital systemic venous drainage obstruction: A case report.

João Antunes SarmentoSofia GranjaAntónio J MadureiraJorge CasanovaJorge Moreira
Published in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2020)
An 8-month-old infant presenting episodes of labial cyanosis and a failure to thrive was diagnosed with severe superior vena cava (SVC) stenosis at the right atrium ostium, with decompression via azygos vein and mild inferior vena cava (IVC) stenosis. The patient was referred for surgery, with IVC enlargement and removal of a fibromuscular tissue band on the anterior aspect of the SVC ostium. At a 6-month follow-up, the patient is asymptomatic, with excellent surgical outcome. To the authors' knowledge, only two cases of congenital SVC stenosis have been previously described.
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