Meandering pulmonary veins mimicking scimitar syndrome

Cardiol Young. 2018 Oct;28(10):1171-1173. doi: 10.1017/S1047951118001117. Epub 2018 Jul 11.

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 syndrome; cardiac anatomy and pathology; meandering pulmonary vein; scimitar variant.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pulmonary Veins / abnormalities*
  • Pulmonary Veins / diagnostic imaging
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Scimitar Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Vascular Malformations / diagnosis*
  • Vascular Malformations / surgery