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Totally anomalous “double drainage” of pulmonary venous confluence: case report with embryological aspects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2022

Rengarajan Rajagopal*
Affiliation:
Cardiovascular Radiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences – Jodhpur, Jodhpur, India
Smily Sharma
Affiliation:
Cardiovascular Radiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences – Jodhpur, Jodhpur, India
Ritu Agarwal
Affiliation:
Sawai Man Singh Medical College and Attached Hospitals, Jaipur, India
*
Author for correspondence: R. Rajagopal, Cardiovascular Radiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences – Jodhpur, Jodhpur, India. Tel: +91(291)-2831001. E-mail: heraghava@gmail.com

Abstract

Double drainage of the confluence of all four pulmonary veins is extremely rare. We present the image findings in a child with double drainage of the pulmonary venous confluence into the coronary sinus and left superior caval vein with co-existent right superior caval venous stenosis.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press

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