1/3. Retrospective prenatal diagnosis of scimitar syndrome aided by three-dimensional power Doppler imaging.scimitar syndrome is a rare malformation of the arterial supply and venous drainage of the lung. We report the case of a fetus that presented with cardiac asymmetry and malposition of the fetal heart. Postnatally, scimitar syndrome was confirmed at cardiac catheterization. Retrospective reconstruction of three-dimensional power Doppler volumes, obtained during fetal life, allowed direct visualization of the abnormal aortopulmonary collateral vessel. This had not been seen on conventional scans. This case demonstrates many of the strengths of three-dimensional sonographic techniques for the delineation of complex vascular anatomy. It confirms that a prospective diagnosis of scimitar syndrome should be possible during fetal life.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = vessel (Clic here for more details about this article) |
2/3. Isolated left-sided scimitar vein connecting all left pulmonary veins to the right inferior vena cava.When the common pulmonary vein fails to develop, the embryonic connections of the pulmonary veins to one or more of the systemic veins almost always persist. Anomalous pulmonary venous connections to the inferior vena cava (IVC) are typically characterized by hypoplasia of the involved pulmonary veins and pulmonary artery, as well as abnormal parenchyma of the involved lung. Such cases have been described as "scimitar syndrome." We report the case of a young female patient in whom all the left pulmonary veins converged into a common vessel that drained into the IVC but who had a normal left pulmonary artery and left lung. Surgical intervention was successful, and our patient is still alive.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = vessel (Clic here for more details about this article) |
3/3. scimitar syndrome associated with diaphragmatic herniation of the liver.A rare case of scimitar syndrome associated with diaphragmatic herniation of the liver is reported. The upper lobe blood of this case drained abnormally to the inferior vena cava. Pulmonary angiography and radionuclide scintigraphy were useful in the diagnosis of the abnormal vessels and herniated liver.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = vessel (Clic here for more details about this article) |