Scimitar syndrome with pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas

J P Le Rochais; P Icard; S Davani; D Abouz; C Evrard

doi:10.1016/s0003-4975(99)00731-6

Scimitar syndrome with pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas

Ann Thorac Surg. 1999 Oct;68(4):1416-8. doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(99)00731-6.

Authors

J P Le Rochais¹, P Icard, S Davani, D Abouz, C Evrard

Affiliation

¹ Service de Chirurgie Thoracique et Cardiovasculaire, CHU de Caen, France. [email protected]

PMID: 10543526
DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(99)00731-6

Abstract

Right abnormal pulmonary venous return into the inferior vena cava associated with abnormal fissure, dextrocardia, and systemic arterial supply of a variable degree, are the characteristics of the scimitar syndrome. We report on a patient in whom this rare syndrome was associated with pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas within the involved lung.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Aortography
Arteriovenous Malformations / diagnostic imaging
Arteriovenous Malformations / pathology
Arteriovenous Malformations / surgery*
Humans
Male
Pneumonectomy
Pulmonary Artery / abnormalities*
Pulmonary Artery / pathology
Pulmonary Artery / surgery
Pulmonary Veins / abnormalities*
Pulmonary Veins / pathology
Pulmonary Veins / surgery
Scimitar Syndrome / diagnostic imaging
Scimitar Syndrome / pathology
Scimitar Syndrome / surgery*
Vena Cava, Inferior / abnormalities