Clinics in diagnostic imaging (173). Scimitar syndrome with horseshoe lung.
- Author:
Vishal GAIKWAD
1
;
Ashish CHAWLA
1
;
Tze Chwan LIM
1
;
Wilfred Cg PEH
1
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords: horseshoe lung; isthmus; meandering pulmonary vein; pulmonary venous return; scimitar syndrome
- MeSH: Diagnosis, Differential; Humans; Lung; abnormalities; diagnostic imaging; Male; Middle Aged; Radiography, Thoracic; Scimitar Syndrome; diagnostic imaging; Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From:Singapore medical journal 2017;58(1):29-33
- CountrySingapore
- Language:English
- Abstract: A 56-year-old Chinese man presented with giddiness and vertigo. Subsequent chest radiography showed the classic scimitar sign of an abnormal pulmonary venous return. Further evaluation with non-contrast computed tomography substantiated the finding of a partial anomalous venous drainage pattern and identified an associated rare lung anomaly, horseshoe lung. The imaging findings of scimitar syndrome and its association with horseshoe lung are reviewed.
