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Uncommon Cause of Paradoxical Embolism in a Case of Scimitar Syndrome

Scimitar syndrome, a rare congenital cardiopulmonary condition, presents in both pediatric and adult populations as an anomalous pulmonary venous return of most of the right lung to the inferior vena cava. Recently, asymptomatic adult cases have been diagnosed with advances in imaging studies. We re...

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Autores principales: Alabi, Fortune O., Umeh, Fred, Lama, Maximo, Christian, Francis G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3880723/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24454399
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/352128
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author Alabi, Fortune O.
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description Scimitar syndrome, a rare congenital cardiopulmonary condition, presents in both pediatric and adult populations as an anomalous pulmonary venous return of most of the right lung to the inferior vena cava. Recently, asymptomatic adult cases have been diagnosed with advances in imaging studies. We report the case of an asymptomatic 43-year-old male, with a complex variant scimitar syndrome diagnosed by computed tomographic angiography.
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spelling pubmed-38807232014-01-19 Uncommon Cause of Paradoxical Embolism in a Case of Scimitar Syndrome Alabi, Fortune O. Umeh, Fred Lama, Maximo Christian, Francis G. Case Rep Med Case Report Scimitar syndrome, a rare congenital cardiopulmonary condition, presents in both pediatric and adult populations as an anomalous pulmonary venous return of most of the right lung to the inferior vena cava. Recently, asymptomatic adult cases have been diagnosed with advances in imaging studies. We report the case of an asymptomatic 43-year-old male, with a complex variant scimitar syndrome diagnosed by computed tomographic angiography. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-12-21 /pmc/articles/PMC3880723/ /pubmed/24454399 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/352128 Text en Copyright © 2013 Fortune O. Alabi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Alabi, Fortune O.
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Uncommon Cause of Paradoxical Embolism in a Case of Scimitar Syndrome
title Uncommon Cause of Paradoxical Embolism in a Case of Scimitar Syndrome
title_full Uncommon Cause of Paradoxical Embolism in a Case of Scimitar Syndrome
title_fullStr Uncommon Cause of Paradoxical Embolism in a Case of Scimitar Syndrome
title_full_unstemmed Uncommon Cause of Paradoxical Embolism in a Case of Scimitar Syndrome
title_short Uncommon Cause of Paradoxical Embolism in a Case of Scimitar Syndrome
title_sort uncommon cause of paradoxical embolism in a case of scimitar syndrome
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3880723/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24454399
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/352128
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