A Case of Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava Detected on Fetal Echocardiography.
- Author:
Jin LEE
1
;
Young Yoo KIM
;
Youn Soo LEE
;
Jong Chul SHIN
;
Jong Wan KIM
;
Chung Sik CHUN
;
Kyung Tai WHANG
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Persistent left superior vena cava;
Fetal echocardiography
- MeSH:
Adult;
Coronary Sinus;
Double Outlet Right Ventricle;
Echocardiography*;
Fetus;
Heart;
Heart Atria;
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial;
Heterotaxy Syndrome;
Humans;
Pulmonary Veins;
Transposition of Great Vessels;
Veins;
Vena Cava, Superior*
- From:Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society
1999;42(11):1604-1609
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We experienced a case of persistent left superior vena cava draining into the common atrium in a fetus of 26-year-old primigravida. Persistent left superior vena cava is derived from the left cardinal vein. This anomalous vessel usually drains into the right atrium via the coronary sinus and has no physiologic significance. Much less frequently, the left superior vena cava drains directly into the left atrium and it is associated with complex heart anomalies such as atrial septal defect, absence of coronary sinus, double outlet right ventricle, transposition of great arteries and asplenia syndrome. Fetal echocardiography showed an abnormal vessel draining into common atrium in a fetus with complex heart anomalies. It had a different direction from right superior vena cava or pulmonary veins in its traveling. We report a case with autosy findings.
