KUMJ | VOL. 6 | NO. 3 | ISSUE 23 | JULY-SEPT, 2008

Scimitar syndrome
Kumar A, Paudel K


Abstract:
A seven month old female child admitted to intensive care unit with increasing respiratory distress. Clinical examination revealed absence of cyanosis, wide and  fixed normal intensity second heart sound. Chest radiograph revealed crescent like radio opacity in right lower lung and subsequent contrast enhanced computed tomography (CT) chest demonstrated abnormal vessel in right lung draining into the inferior vena cava.

Keyword : Scimitar syndrome, partial anomalous pulmonary venous return, computed tomography