Objective and Importance: Developmental venous anomalies (DVAs) are common congenital anomalies of intracranial venous drainage. In general, it is felt that DVAs replace the normal venous drainage system and, unless associated with another lesion such as a cavernous malformation, should not produce symptoms. The present case raises important questions regarding the potential for DVAs to become ...

Developmental venous anomalies (DVA) are among the most common congenital malformations of the cerebral angioarchitecture. Spontaneous thrombosis of this entity is rare, and our review of the literature found only 31 reported cases of symptomatic spontaneous thrombosis of developmental venous anomalies. Here, we report a unique case describing the spontaneous thrombosis of a DVA leading to veno...

BACKGROUND Persistent left superior vena cava (LSVC) is a rare congenital venous anomaly that may be found at the time of cardiac device lead insertion. METHODS In this case series, we present clinical and long-term data of five patients with LSVC who underwent pacemaker (PM) or cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implantation during the period of 10 years. RESULTS Left-sided venous approach w...

Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) is a rare congenital anomaly of the pulmonary veins drainage. In this entity, the pulmonary veins, instead of draining to left atrium, connect abnormally to the systemic venous circulation. A right-to-left shunt is obligatory for survival. Based on its type and degree of pulmonary venous obstruction, TAPVC may result in pulmonary hypertension ...

The levoatriocardinal vein is a very rare but clinically important intrathoracic venous anomaly that connects the systemic (cardinal) and pulmonary venous channels. We report 4 adults with pulmonary-systemic venous communications that can explain the morphology of the extracardiac interatrial shunting through the persistent levoatriocardinal vein. We discuss the imaging features of the 2 types ...

Introduction The coronary sinus (CS) is a critical structure that has helped aid electrophysiologists by providing information about epicardial activation along the mitral annulus. Additionally, the advent of biventricular pacing utilizes the CS venous system for lead placement. The CS collects the venous drainage of the atrial and ventricular venous branches and drains into the right atrium (R...

Double left renal vein is a rare venous anomaly. We operated on 72-year-old man of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) with double left renal vein. Massive hemorrhage was encountered during encircling the tape around the abdominal aorta. One vein passing posterior to the aorta was injured. Further dissection revealed the presence of double left renal vein forming a ring around the aorta. The patien...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of femoral vein duplication and the incidence of bilateral anomalies in a normal cohort of patients presenting with varicose veins. METHODS Two hundred and forty patients underwent bilateral lower limb deep venous ultrasound examination with particular attention to the femoropopliteal segment. RESULTS The incidence of femor...

In cor triatriatum sinister, one of the rarest congenital cardiac anomalies, a membrane divides the left atrium into a pulmonary venous component above and the vestibule below. The importance of the anomaly lies in the effects of the resultant pulmonary venous obstruction that usually present in the first year of life and can mimic obstructed total anomalous venous drainage or congenital mitral...

BACKGROUND Developmental venous anomalies (DVA) are found incidentally but sometimes patients with these anomalies present with varying degrees of neurologic manifestations. OBJECTIVE We report a patient with early onset complex partial epilepsy and associated DVA and discuss the natural history, neuroimaging and clinical characteristics, and management. CASE DESCRIPTION A 21-year-old man p...