Cardiac type of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: diagnosis and demonstration by multidetector CT angiography. (3rd January 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Singh, Neha; Singh, Ragini; Aga, Pallavi; Singh, Shailesh Kumar
• Is Part Of: BMJ case reports. Volume 2013
• Publication Date: 2013-01-03
• Subjects: Medicine -- Case studies -- Periodicals; 610.5
• DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2012-007994
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1757-790X

Abstract

Abstract : Pulmonary venous developmental anomalies have been evaluated conventionally with echocardiography and catheter angiography, multidetector CT angiography (MDCTA) and MR angiography are playing increasing roles in their characterisation. Here, we report a rare case of a 15-year-old boy, who presented with cyanosis and dyspnoea which he had had since childhood. Cardiac type of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) was diagnosed and demonstrated using MDCTA in this case. Only a few case reports describing the MDCTA findings in cardiac TAPVC are available in the published literature.