Hemoptysis complicating Scimitar Syndrome: from diagnosis to treatment

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2008 Jul:31 Suppl 2:S96-8. doi: 10.1007/s00270-007-9162-y. Epub 2007 Sep 1.

Abstract

We report the case of a 24-year-old patient with known scimitar syndrome presenting with hemoptysis. Multidetector CT angiography showed the scimitar vein draining the right lung to the inferior vena cava associated with right lower lobe bronchopulmonary sequestration. The presence of hemoptysis associated with scimitar syndrome is likely secondary to an anomalous systemic arterial blood supply. We treated this patient successfully with transcatheter occlusion of the anomalous feeding arterial vessels.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Angiography
  • Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / diagnostic imaging
  • Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / etiology*
  • Echocardiography
  • Embolization, Therapeutic
  • Hemoptysis / diagnostic imaging
  • Hemoptysis / etiology*
  • Hemoptysis / therapy
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Scimitar Syndrome / complications*
  • Scimitar Syndrome / diagnostic imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed