Uncommon Cause of Paradoxical Embolism in a Case of Scimitar Syndrome
Author(s) -
Fortune O. Alabi,
Fred Umeh,
Maximo Lama,
Francis Christian
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
case reports in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1687-9627
pISSN - 1687-9635
DOI - 10.1155/2013/352128
Subject(s) - scimitar syndrome , medicine , asymptomatic , computed tomographic angiography , inferior vena cava , lung , pulmonary embolism , radiology , computed tomography angiography , angiography , cardiology
Scimitar syndrome, a rare congenital cardiopulmonary condition, presents in both pediatric and adult populations as an anomalous pulmonary venous return of most of the right lung to the inferior vena cava. Recently, asymptomatic adult cases have been diagnosed with advances in imaging studies. We report the case of an asymptomatic 43-year-old male, with a complex variant scimitar syndrome diagnosed by computed tomographic angiography.
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