Caso 3/2009 - lactente de seis meses de idade com grande comunicação interventricular e timo aumentado, que simulavam na radiografia de tórax a imagem característica da drenagem anômala total das veias pulmonares
Abstract:The radiographic image in the shape of a "snowman" or "number eight" suggests, preliminarily, the diagnosis of total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage (TAPVD) in a left vertical vein, along with increased pulmonary vascular net.
Differential diagnosisAcyanogenic cardiopathies with pulmonary hyperflow of interventricular or even interatrial communication type, associated to an enlarged thymus, also simulate this same image, usually found in TAPVD.
Diagnostic ConfirmationThe clinical data lead to the diagnosis… Show more
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