Meandering right pulmonary vein associated with retrocaval ureter and vertebral fusion anomalies
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Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Method for the Visualization and Assessment of Specific Parameters of the Pulmonary Veins
Published on: October 28, 2020
Cengiz Erol1, Ozdil Baskan2, Fatma Zeynep Gungoren2
1Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Medipol Mega Hospital, Istanbul Medipol University, TEM Avrupa Otoyolu Göztepe Çıkışı No: 1, 34214, Bağcılar, Istanbul, Turkey. drcengizerol@yahoo.com.
Abstract:
We present multimodality imaging of a meandering right pulmonary vein in a 29-year-old female patient. It was associated with right retrocaval ureter causing hydronephrosis and stone formation, vertebral fusion anomalies and corrected cardiac anomalies (patent ductus arteriosus and ventricular septal defect). To the best of our knowledge, only a few meandering right pulmonary vein have been presented in the literature until now and this is the first reported case that is associated with retrocaval ureter and vertebral fusion anomalies.
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