Absent right and persistent left superior vena cava without other congenital anomaly: A rare combination diagnosed by transesophageal echocardiography - 12/09/11
Doi : 10.1016/S0894-7317(05)80397-9
Neal Konecky, MD a, b, Robin S. Freedberg, MD a, b, Dorothy McCauley, MD a, b, Itzhak Kronzon, MD a, b, ⁎
a Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York USA
b Department of Radiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York USA
*Reprint requests: Itzhak Kronzon, MD, NYU Medical Center, 560 First Ave., New York, NY 10016.
Abstract |
A 70-year-old man with a history of anorexia, weight loss, and progressive shortness of breath was studied by transesophageal echocardiography. In addition to a mass occupying the right ventricular outflow tract, a rare congenital heart anomaly was discovered serendipitously: persistent left superior vena cava, absent right superior vena cava, and no other congenital abnormality. The echocardiographic findings were confirmed by computed tomographic scanning and later during heart surgery performed to resect the malignant tumor.
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Publié par Elsevier Masson SAS.
Vol 8 - N° 5P1
P. 761-766 - septembre 1995 Retour au numéro
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