Left partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection (PAPVC), a rare pulmonary venous variant
- Authors
- Type
- Published Article
- Journal
- Radiology Case Reports
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Publication Date
- Oct 03, 2020
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 2515–2518
- Identifiers
- DOI: 10.1016/j.radcr.2020.08.050
- PMID: 33072230
- PMCID: PMC7548947
- Source
- PubMed Central
- Keywords
- License
- Unknown
Abstract
A left partial anomalous vein connection and connection between left upper pulmonary vein and left internal thoracic vein was discovered in a 71-year-old man, with no history of previous cardiac surgery or an atrial septal defect, underwent a thorax HRCT scan without contrast media, following a chest x-ray, due to repeated bouts of smoking-related bronchitis. Left partial anomalous pulmonary vein connection is a rare venous variant, which more commonly affects the right side, resulting in a left to right shunt [9].