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Anomalous Right Superior Vena Cava in an Asymptomatic Patient
Congenital superior vena cava (SVC) anomalies are not uncommon. However, an absence of a left SVC and an anomalous right SVC without additional congenital heart defects is very rare. We present a 38-year-old male with an 'anomalous SVC' that was found to be descending anterior to the pleur...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7314375/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32596082 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8265 |
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author | Bhatt, Hardik McGreevy, Megan Chung, Charles J Kattel, Sharma |
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description | Congenital superior vena cava (SVC) anomalies are not uncommon. However, an absence of a left SVC and an anomalous right SVC without additional congenital heart defects is very rare. We present a 38-year-old male with an 'anomalous SVC' that was found to be descending anterior to the pleural space and draining into the inferior vena cava (IVC) at the level of the right atrium. This was associated with an anomalous right upper and lower pulmonary vein draining into this anomalous SVC. To our knowledge, this combination of congenital anomalies has not been previously described in the medical literature. |
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spelling | pubmed-73143752020-06-26 Anomalous Right Superior Vena Cava in an Asymptomatic Patient Bhatt, Hardik McGreevy, Megan Chung, Charles J Kattel, Sharma Cureus Cardiology Congenital superior vena cava (SVC) anomalies are not uncommon. However, an absence of a left SVC and an anomalous right SVC without additional congenital heart defects is very rare. We present a 38-year-old male with an 'anomalous SVC' that was found to be descending anterior to the pleural space and draining into the inferior vena cava (IVC) at the level of the right atrium. This was associated with an anomalous right upper and lower pulmonary vein draining into this anomalous SVC. To our knowledge, this combination of congenital anomalies has not been previously described in the medical literature. Cureus 2020-05-24 /pmc/articles/PMC7314375/ /pubmed/32596082 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8265 Text en Copyright © 2020, Bhatt et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Cardiology Bhatt, Hardik McGreevy, Megan Chung, Charles J Kattel, Sharma Anomalous Right Superior Vena Cava in an Asymptomatic Patient |
title | Anomalous Right Superior Vena Cava in an Asymptomatic Patient |
title_full | Anomalous Right Superior Vena Cava in an Asymptomatic Patient |
title_fullStr | Anomalous Right Superior Vena Cava in an Asymptomatic Patient |
title_full_unstemmed | Anomalous Right Superior Vena Cava in an Asymptomatic Patient |
title_short | Anomalous Right Superior Vena Cava in an Asymptomatic Patient |
title_sort | anomalous right superior vena cava in an asymptomatic patient |
topic | Cardiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7314375/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32596082 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8265 |
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