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. 2014:2014:249896.
doi: 10.1155/2014/249896. Epub 2014 Feb 16.

Right upper lobe partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Christos Tourmousoglou  1 , Christina Kalogeropoulou  2 , Efstratios Koletsis  1 , Nikolaos Charoulis  1 , Christos Prokakis  1 , Panagiotis Alexopoulos  1 , Emmanoil Margaritis  1 , Dimitrios Dougenis  1
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Right upper lobe partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Christos Tourmousoglou et al. Case Rep Vasc Med. 2014.

Abstract

Partial anomalous pulmonary venous return (PAPVR) is a left-to-right shunt where one or more, but not all, pulmonary veins drain into a systemic vein or the right atrium. We report a case of a 45-year-old male with PAPVR to superior vena cava which was incidentally discovered during a right lower bilobectomy for lung cancer.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Multidetector computed tomography showed a PAPVC from the right upper lobe to the superior vena cava (arrow).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Another coronal oblique CT image denoted a PAPVC from the right upper lobe to the superior vena cava (arrow).
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