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SUBMITTER: Manso PH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6601148 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
European heart journal. Case reports 20190601 2
<h4>Background</h4>Scimitar syndrome consists of anomalous pulmonary vein drainage to the inferior vena cava. Its name derives from the image this anomalous pulmonary vein creates on a chest radiograph. We describe a case of normal venous pulmonary vein drainage that also presented the scimitar sign due to an aorto-collateral vessel.<h4>Case summary</h4>A 15-month-old girl presented with mild dyspnoea and fever. Control chest X-ray showed an image of cardiac dextroposition, hypoplastic right lun ...[more]