Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return in Adults

Nourhan Chaaban; Hamna Shah; Akash Joshi; Shilpa Kshatriya

doi:10.7759/cureus.26777

Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return in Adults

Cureus. 2022 Jul 12;14(7):e26777. doi: 10.7759/cureus.26777. eCollection 2022 Jul.

Authors

Nourhan Chaaban¹, Hamna Shah¹, Akash Joshi², Shilpa Kshatriya^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Internal Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita, USA.
² Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita, USA.
³ Cardiology, Heartland Cardiology, Wichita, USA.
⁴ Cardiology, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita, USA.

Abstract

Partial anomalous pulmonary venous return (PAPVR) is a spectrum of congenital cardiovascular abnormalities. It is most commonly found as an incidental finding. However, it can lead to severe pulmonary hypertension depending on the magnitude of the shunt involved. We report a case of a 60-year-old female patient with PAPVR detected incidentally on imaging. We aim to highlight the incidence of PAPVR in adults and to elaborate on its unique association with a duplicated superior vena cava.

Keywords: atrial septal defect (asd); echocardiogram; idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (ipf); partial anomalous pulmonary venous return (papvr); pulmonary hypertension; superior vena cava (svc).

Publication types

Case Reports