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Partial anomalous pulmonary venous return associated with intact atrial septum
Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals 21(6) 747 ß The Author(s) 2012 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/0218492312463151 aan.sagepub.com
Pinar Bicakcioglu1, Atila Gokcek2 and Nurettin Karaoglanoglu1
Figure 1. Image of the vertical vein located to the left of the aorta in axial computed tomography at the level of the arcus aorta.
Figure 3. Three-dimensional computed tomography image in left oblique view, revealing a normal anatomical route of the left lower lobe vein, and the left upper lobe vein rising upward as a vertical vein and draining to the left brachiocephalic vein. VCS: superior vena cava.
left hilus, rose vertically, and drained to the left brachiocephalic vein (Figures 1–3). There was no pathological finding on echocardiography. Funding This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.
Conflicts of interest statement None declared. Figure 2. In minimum intensity projection imaging, the vertical vein is seen rising upward from the left hilus and draining to the left brachiocephalic vein.
A 21-year-old asymptomatic man was examined in a polyclinic for tuberculosis screening. Chest radiography revealed upper mediastinal enlargement. In thorax computed tomography images, the left upper pulmonary vein passed to the mediastinum at the level of the
1 Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ataturk Education and Research Hospital for Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery, Kecioren, Ankara, Turkey 2 Department of Radiology, Ataturk Education and Research Hospital for Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery, Kecioren, Ankara, Turkey
Corresponding author: Pinar Bicakcioglu, MD, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ataturk Education and Research Hospital for Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery, Kecioren 06280 Ankara, Turkey. Email: [email protected]
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Partial anomalous pulmonary venous return associated with intact atrial septum
Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals 21(6) 747 ß The Author(s) 2012 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/0218492312463151 aan.sagepub.com
Pinar Bicakcioglu1, Atila Gokcek2 and Nurettin Karaoglanoglu1
Figure 1. Image of the vertical vein located to the left of the aorta in axial computed tomography at the level of the arcus aorta.
Figure 3. Three-dimensional computed tomography image in left oblique view, revealing a normal anatomical route of the left lower lobe vein, and the left upper lobe vein rising upward as a vertical vein and draining to the left brachiocephalic vein. VCS: superior vena cava.
left hilus, rose vertically, and drained to the left brachiocephalic vein (Figures 1–3). There was no pathological finding on echocardiography. Funding This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.
Conflicts of interest statement None declared. Figure 2. In minimum intensity projection imaging, the vertical vein is seen rising upward from the left hilus and draining to the left brachiocephalic vein.
A 21-year-old asymptomatic man was examined in a polyclinic for tuberculosis screening. Chest radiography revealed upper mediastinal enlargement. In thorax computed tomography images, the left upper pulmonary vein passed to the mediastinum at the level of the
1 Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ataturk Education and Research Hospital for Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery, Kecioren, Ankara, Turkey 2 Department of Radiology, Ataturk Education and Research Hospital for Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery, Kecioren, Ankara, Turkey
Corresponding author: Pinar Bicakcioglu, MD, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ataturk Education and Research Hospital for Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery, Kecioren 06280 Ankara, Turkey. Email: [email protected]
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