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Scimitar Syndrome in an Asymptomatic Adult: Fortuitous Diagnosis by Imaging Technique
Author(s) -
Miguel A. Ramírez-Marrero,
Manuel de Mora-Martín
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
case reports in vascular medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2090-6986
pISSN - 2090-6994
DOI - 10.1155/2012/138541
Subject(s) - scimitar syndrome , asymptomatic , medicine , pneumonia , computed tomography , radiology , pediatrics , lung
Congenital cardiopathies in adults are a rare clinical entity in the cardiology consultations. Advances in imaging techniques allow the fortuitous diagnosis of mild forms of these congenital abnormalities. We describe a case of an asymptomatic 41-year-old man, with a medical history of recurrent pneumonia during childhood and an established diagnosis of scimitar syndrome by computed tomography.

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