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Preferred term

Scimitar Syndrome  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • An anomalous pulmonary venous return in which the right PULMONARY VEIN is not connected to the LEFT ATRIUM but to the INFERIOR VENA CAVA. Scimitar syndrome is named for the crescent- or Turkish sword-like shadow in the chest radiography and is often associated with hypoplasia of the right lung and right pulmonary artery, and dextroposition of the heart.

Entry terms

  • Scimitar Anomaly

In other languages

  • French

  • Anomalie du retour veineux pulmonaire
  • Retour veineux pulmonaire anormal
  • Retour veineux pulmonaire anormal total
  • RVPA
  • RVPA partiel
  • RVPA total
  • RVPAT
  • Syndrome de Halasz

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-LDKZTVBJ-X

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