Pediatric Radiology

, Volume 38, Issue 8, pp 912–914 | Cite as

Right superior vena cava draining into the left atrium

  • Giulio Calcagni
  • Alain Batisse
  • Pascal Vouhé
  • Daniel Sidi
  • Damien Bonnet
  • Phalla Ou
Case Report

Abstract

The right superior vena cava draining into the left atrium is a rare malformation causing cyanosis and clubbing in patients in whom no other signs of congenital heart defect are present. Diagnosis may be difficult as cyanosis may be mild and the anomaly is not always easily detectable by echocardiography. For this reason we report a 13-month-old male in whom we confirmed the clinical and echocardiographic suspicion of anomalous drainage of the right superior vena cava using multidetector CT. This allowed successful surgical reconnection of the right superior vena cava to the right atrium.

Keywords

Congenital heart disease Superior vena cava CT Child 

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Giulio Calcagni
    • 1
  • Alain Batisse
    • 2
  • Pascal Vouhé
    • 3
  • Daniel Sidi
    • 1
  • Damien Bonnet
    • 1
  • Phalla Ou
    • 1
    • 4
  1. 1.Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Hôpital Necker-Enfants MaladesUniversity René Descartes-Paris 5ParisFrance
  2. 2.Institut de Puériculture et de PérinatalogieParisFrance
  3. 3.Department of Paediatric Cardiac Surgery, Hôpital Necker-Enfants MaladesUniversity René Descartes-Paris 5ParisFrance
  4. 4.Department of Pediatric Radiology, Hôpital Necker-Enfants MaladesUniversity René Descartes-Paris 5ParisFrance

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