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The relationship between scimitar syndrome, so-called scimitar variant, meandering right pulmonary vein, horseshoe lung and pulmonary arterial sling

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2006

Shi-Joon Yoo ,
Abdulmajeed Al-Otay  and
Paul Babyn
Shi-Joon Yoo
Affiliation:
Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The Hospital for Sick Children, The University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, The University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Abdulmajeed Al-Otay
Affiliation:
Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, The University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Paul Babyn
Affiliation:
Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The Hospital for Sick Children, The University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Abstract

We report a case in which a meandering right pulmonary vein connecting to the left atrium is associated with hypoplasia of the right lung, horseshoe lung, abnormal pulmonary lobation, and abnormal branching of the pulmonary arteries. We discuss its relationship to the so-called scimitar variant, and to the scimitar syndrome itself.

Keywords

Scimitar syndrome, scimitar variant, meandering pulmonary vein
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 16 , Issue 3 , June 2006 , pp. 300 - 304
Copyright
© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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