Scimitar syndrome: morphological diagnosis and assessment of hemodynamic significance by magnetic resonance imaging

Eur Radiol. 2003 Dec:13 Suppl 4:L147-50. doi: 10.1007/s00330-003-2061-y.

Abstract

Scimitar syndrome has a variable presentation depending on the age at which the diagnosis is made. We report a case of a young woman (age 18 years) with suspected right pulmonary hypoplasia in whom a scimitar syndrome was diagnosed. Using MRI morphological findings and hemodynamic significance of the syndrome were assessed. Left-to-right shunt was calculated from blood flow measurements performed in the ascending aorta, the main pulmonary artery, and the aberrant scimitar vein.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Hemodynamics / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted*
  • Magnetic Resonance Angiography / methods*
  • Radiography
  • Scimitar Syndrome / diagnostic imaging*
  • Scimitar Syndrome / physiopathology
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Severity of Illness Index