Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return (PAPVR) - Scimitar Syndrome

Reena  Mathur; Avinash Gupta; Prateek Sihag; Kalpana Manral

Reena Mathur Professor and Head Department of Radio-diagnosis, JLN Medical College, Ajmer.
Avinash Gupta Professor, Department of Radio-diagnosis, JLN Medical College, Ajmer.
Prateek Sihag Assistant Professor, Department of Radio-diagnosis, JLN Medical College, Ajmer.
Kalpana Manral Resident, Department of Radio-diagnosis, JLN Medical College, Ajmer.

Keywords: Scimitar Syndrome, Congenital Heart Disease.

Abstract

ABSTRACT:

Scimitarsyndromeisararecongenitalanomaly.Thissyndromeischaracterizedbypartialorcompleteanomalouspulmonary venous drainage of the right lung to the inferior vena cava. There is a characteristic abnormal radiographic shadow which descends along the right cardiac border (scimitar sign).