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Totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection through the right lung and via a “Scimitar” vein to the inferior caval vein

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Rakesh Dua ,
Christine McTigue  and
James.L Wilkinson
Rakesh Dua*
Affiliation:
From the Department of Cardiology, Royal Children 's Hospital, Parkville, Melbourne
Christine McTigue
Affiliation:
From the Department of Cardiology, Royal Children 's Hospital, Parkville, Melbourne
James.L Wilkinson
Affiliation:
From the Department of Cardiology, Royal Children 's Hospital, Parkville, Melbourne
*
Dr. Rakesh Dua, Clinical Fellow, Department of Cardiology, Royal Children's Hospital, Flemington Road, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria 3050, Australia. Tel. (03) 345-5717; Fax. (03) 347-5708.
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Abstract

We report a case of totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection in which the two pulmonary veins from the left lung joined to form a common vein which then passed across the midline into a hypoplastic right lung and, after receiving small veins from the right lung, passed inferiorly, exiting the lung below the hilum as a “scimitar” vein and terminating in the inferior caval vein. A separate pulmonary vein from the right lung passed inferiorly independently and joined the “scimitar” vein before it entered the inferior caval vein. There was an associated hypoplastic left heart syndrome.

Keywords

Totally anomalous pulmonary venous connections“Scimitar” syndromehypoplastic left heart syndrome
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , January 1993 , pp. 85 - 87
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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