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Case Reports
. 2022 Jul 12;14(7):e26777.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.26777. eCollection 2022 Jul.

Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return in Adults

Nourhan Chaaban  1 , Hamna Shah  1 , Akash Joshi  2 , Shilpa Kshatriya  3   4
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Case Reports

Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return in Adults

Nourhan Chaaban et al. Cureus. .

Abstract

Partial anomalous pulmonary venous return (PAPVR) is a spectrum of congenital cardiovascular abnormalities. It is most commonly found as an incidental finding. However, it can lead to severe pulmonary hypertension depending on the magnitude of the shunt involved. We report a case of a 60-year-old female patient with PAPVR detected incidentally on imaging. We aim to highlight the incidence of PAPVR in adults and to elaborate on its unique association with a duplicated superior vena cava.

Keywords: atrial septal defect (asd); echocardiogram; idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (ipf); partial anomalous pulmonary venous return (papvr); pulmonary hypertension; superior vena cava (svc).

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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. Chest CT scan with contrast showing PAPVR with the right upper and middle lobes draining into the right-sided SVC
Arrow: right upper lobe vein draining in SVC PAPVR - partial anomalous pulmonary venous return; SVC - superior vena cava
Figure 2
Figure 2. Echocardiogram showing mild dilatation of the right ventricle with a right ventricular systolic pressure of 28 mmHg
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