Multislice CT of a Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava Coursing Anterior to the Right Ventricle: A Case Report.
10.3348/jkrs.2008.59.6.369
- Author:
Youkyung LEE
1
;
Whal LEE
;
Eun Ah PARK
;
Mi Jin KANG
;
Jin Wook CHUNG
;
Jae Hyung PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea. leew@radiol.snu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Superior vena cava;
X-ray computed tomography;
Heart
- MeSH:
Adult;
Echocardiography;
Heart;
Heart Atria;
Heart Ventricles;
Humans;
Jugular Veins;
Subclavian Vein;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed;
Veins;
Vena Cava, Superior
- From:Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
2008;59(6):369-371
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
EKG-gated cardiac CT revealed a variant vein in a 44-year-old man that was misinterpreted as a mass on echocardiography. The variant vein was an extension of the confluence of the left internal jugular vein and left subclavian vein and coursed anterior to the right ventricle. It connected to the right atrium directly at the inferior surface of the heart. The variant vein was likely a persistent left superior vena cava, a variant that has never been reported.
