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Congenital Thoracic Venous Anomalies

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Congenital abnormalities of the major mediastinal venous structures occur in less than 2 % of people who have no other abnormalities (Buirski et al., Clin Radiol 37(2):131–138, 1986; Sungur et al., Heart 93:1292, 2007; Kalke et al., Am J Cardiol 20:91–101, 1967;Snellen and Dekker, Am Heart J 66:184–196, 1963; Pennes and Ellis, Radiology 159:23–24, 1986; Demos et al., Am J Roentgenol 182:1139–1150, 2004). Although many congenital anomalies have been described, three occur with sufficient frequency that they will be encountered in routine clinical practice: azygos or hemiazygos continuation of an interrupted inferior vena cava (IVC), persistence of a left superior vena cava (SVC) with and without a coexisting right SVC, and partial anomalous pulmonary venous return (PAPVR). Although they may occur in adults who have no other abnormalities, these three abnormalities also may be associated with a wide variety of vascular anomalies and cardiac defects (Buirski et al., Clin Radiol 37(2):131–138, 1986; Sungur et al., Heart 93:1292, 2007; Kalke et al., Am J Cardiol 20:91–101, 1967;Snellen and Dekker, Am Heart J 66:184–196, 1963; Pennes and Ellis, Radiology 159:23–24, 1986; Demos et al., Am J Roentgenol 182:1139–1150, 2004). Classifications of systemic and pulmonary venous anomalies are shown in Tables 26.1 and 26.2.

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