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Images in cardio-thoracic surgery

Anomalous partial pulmonary venous drainage

^a Thoracic Department, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, F-75014 Paris, France
^b Imaging Department, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, F-75014 Paris, France

Received 19 February 2009; received in revised form 11 May 2009; accepted 19 May 2009.

^_* Corresponding author. Tel.: +33 156616214; fax: +33 156616247. (Email: dominique.gossot{at}imm.fr).

Key Words: Anomalous partial pulmonary venous drainage • Thoracoscopy • VATS

An 80-year-old man underwent a thoracoscopic right upper lobectomy for cT2N0 lung carcinoma. A partial anomalous drainage of the right superior pulmonary veins to the superior vena cava was discovered (Fig. 1 ). It was visible on computed tomography (CT) scan (Fig. 2a) and volume-rendering reconstruction (Fig. 2b). No other cardiac abnormality was found on echocardiography.

View larger version (132K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Fig. 1. Intra-operative view. Az: azygos arch; Pv: pulmonary veins; SVC: superior vena cava.

View larger version (88K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Fig. 2. (a) The diagnosis could have been suspected on the axial slices of CT scan. (b) Volume-rendering reconstruction confirms diagnosis. PV: pulmonary veins; SVC: superior vena cava; PA: right pulmonary artery.

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