Mitral and Aortic Atresia Associated with Hypoplastic Right Lung,Crossover Segment of Right Lower Lobe,and Anomalous Scimitar-like Right Pulmonary Venous Connection with Inferior Vena Cava: Clinical,Angiocardiographic,and Autopsy Findings in a Rare Case

Abstract

A newborn female infant was found to have a unique and previously unreported group of anomalies: (1) mitral and aortic atresia with a highly obstructive atrial septum; (2) hypoplasia of the right lung with a crossover segment involving the right lower lobe; (3) normally connected pulmonary veins, two from the left lung and one from the right; and (4) a large anomalous branch of the right pulmonary vein of scimitar configuration that anastomosed with the normally connected right pulmonary vein and with the inferior vena cava (IVC). The scimitar vein appeared obstructed at its junction with the right pulmonary vein and at its junction with the inferior vena cava within the hepatic parenchyma. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a scimitar-like vein coexisting with mitral and aortic atresia and connecting both with the right pulmonary vein and with the inferior vena cava. The highly obstructed left atrium was partially decompressed by retrograde blood flow via the normally connected right pulmonary vein to the anomalous scimitar venous pathway and thence to the inferior vena cava via a pulmonary-to-IVC collateral vein.

Keywords

anomalous pulmonary veins aortic atresia crossover lung segment mitral atresia premature narrowing of the foramen ovale scimitar vein

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