Partial Anomalous Venous Return

Ghaye, Benoît; Couvreur, Thierry

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“…Left-sided PAPVR usually drains into the left brachiocephalic vein, often through a vertical vein. Sometimes left-sided PAPVR drains via a persistent left SVC into the coronary sinus, a pericardiophrenic vein or the hemiazygos vein [ 1 , 7 ].…”

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“…Although PAPVR normally drains into a vessel located in the proximity, that is, into right-sided vein for right lung pulmonary veins and into a left-sided vein for the left lung pulmonary veins, some rare cases of “cross mediastinal drainage” are reported [ 7 ].…”

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“…However, we cannot consider it to be a very rare finding associated with PAPVR, because most of the cases of PAPVR reported in the literature do not clearly reveal if they are associated with any accessory pulmonary veins. Moreover, some authors suggest that the presence of one or more accessory veins could be associated with PAPVR, and particularly cases of left-sided PAPVR into left brachiocephalic vein concerning the superior pulmonary vein with the lingular drainage being orthotopic are described in the literature [ 7 ].…”

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“…CT is considered as a first-line technique in the diagnosis of PAPVR, providing a great spatial resolution and short imaging times with identification of the anomalous vein and its drainage and with possibility of detecting tracheobronchial and lung abnormalities eventually associated [ 5 , 7 ]. Moreover, PAPVR is often incidentally found during CT exams performed for other unrelated conditions.…”

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Left-Sided Upper Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return through a Curved Vein Joining the Left Brachiocephalic Vein

Tricarico¹,

Tricarico

Fiorio³

2016

Case Reports in Radiology

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The evaluation of pulmonary veins during cross-sectional imaging of the chest and the knowledge of their embryology and anatomy are useful for detecting congenital conditions that may be clinically significant. Moreover, with the spread of cross-sectional imaging it is very frequent to find anatomical variants; therefore the radiologist should easily recognize their appearances. This case report shows a left-side upper partial anomalous pulmonary venous return (PAPVR) through a “curved” vein that joins the left brachiocephalic vein, in a female patient who underwent whole-body computed tomography (CT) for staging endometrial cancer. This was an incidental finding, not related to any symptoms; however, we explain the anatomical aspects of this abnormality within the congenital condition of PAPVR and its possible clinical relevance.

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Left-Sided Upper Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return through a Curved Vein Joining the Left Brachiocephalic Vein

Tricarico¹,

Tricarico

Fiorio³

2016

Case Reports in Radiology

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“…The persistence of LSVC was described for the first time in 1738 by Le Cat. It is the most common congenital anomaly of systemic venous return with a prevalence ranging from 0.1 to 0.5% in the general population [ 1 ]. It can be isolated or associated with other congenital heart diseases.…”

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Detection of a Left Superior Vena Cava during a Pacemaker Implantation in Cotonou

Sonou

Hounkponou

Codjo

et al. 2017

Case Reports in Cardiology

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Persistent left superior vena cava (LSVC) is a rare congenital anomaly. Its prevalence in the general population is 0.1 to 0.5%. LSVC is 5 times rarer when accompanied by an absence of the right superior vena cava (RSVC). We present the case of a 54-year-old man who carries a persistent LSVC without RSVC. Clinically, this patient presented a regular bradycardia at 40 per minute associated with a heart failure syndrome. The electrocardiogram diagnosed a complete atrioventricular block and transthoracic echocardiography showed dilated left heart cavities and a left ventricular ejection fraction of 50%. During the procedure of pacemaker implantation, the probe followed an unusual LSVC-coronary sinus-right atrium path and it was not easy to pass through the tricuspid orifice. We propose a review of the literature on this subject, focusing on the clinical implications of this malformation in cardiac stimulation and in other areas of cardiology.

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Imaging of Hila and Pulmonary Vessels

Ghaye¹

2010

Medical Radiology

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Partial Anomalous Venous Return

Cited by 3 publications

References 70 publications

Left-Sided Upper Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return through a Curved Vein Joining the Left Brachiocephalic Vein

Left-Sided Upper Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return through a Curved Vein Joining the Left Brachiocephalic Vein

Detection of a Left Superior Vena Cava during a Pacemaker Implantation in Cotonou

Imaging of Hila and Pulmonary Vessels

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