A rare case of scimitar syndrome with horseshoe lung.

نویسندگان

  • Himanshu Bhardwaj
  • Bhaskar Bhardwaj
چکیده

Scimitar syndrome is a rarely seen congenital cardiopulmonary anomaly characterised by partial or complete anomalous pulmonary venous drainage into the inferior vena cava via an anomalous descending vein that runs parallel to the right border of the heart giving an appearance of a curved Turkish sword or scimitar on plain chest radiography. Clinicians should also be aware of other interesting cardiopulmonary anomalies that can be seen in association with scimitar syndrome.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society

دوره 23 131  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014