Open AccessScimitar syndrome
Author(s) -
Arun Kumar,
Kalyan Paudel
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
kathmandu university medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.166
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1812-2078
pISSN - 1812-2027
DOI - 10.3126/kumj.v6i3.1720
Subject(s) - medicine , chest radiograph , respiratory distress , inferior vena cava , radiology , lung , radiography , intensive care unit , scimitar syndrome
A seven month old female child admitted to intensive care unit with increasing respiratory distress. Clinical examination revealed absence of cyanosis, wide and fixed normal intensity second heart sound. Chest radiograph revealed crescent like radio opacity in right lower lung and subsequent contrast enhanced computed tomography (CT) chest demonstrated abnormal vessel in right lung draining into the inferior vena cava. Key words: Scimitar syndrome, partial anomalous pulmonary venous return, computed tomography doi: 10.3126/kumj.v6i3.1720 Kathmandu University Medical Journal (2008), Vol. 6, No. 3, Issue 23, 389-390