Karaçalıoğlu AÖ, Gümüş S, Ince S, Demirkol S. Multimodality imaging in an adult patient with scimitar syndrome.
Mol Imaging Radionucl Ther 2014;
23:70-3. [PMID:
24963450 PMCID:
PMC4067881 DOI:
10.4274/mirt.43531]
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Abstract
The “Scimitar syndrome” is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by combination of partial or complete pulmonary venous return from the right lung to the inferior vena cava either above or below the diaphragm together with hypoplasia of the right lung and sometimes systemic arterial supply to the right lung. In this case, multimodality imaging findings such as the vein draining into the inferior vena cava, the presence of hypertrophied and dilated right ventricle, the absence of other cardiac abnormalities, displacement of the heart without malrotation and the mediastinum to the right, normal bronchial and vascular continuity in the whole lung, absence of pulmonary sequestration and systemic collaterals, normal perfusion and systolic functions of the left ventricle were reported.
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