Scimitar syndrome is a rare congenital partial pulmonary venous
return anomaly that is characterized with anomalous pulmonary
venous drainage of the right sided pulmonary veins to the inferior
vena cava or the right atrium. It may be accompanied with hypoplasia
of the right lung with bronchial abnormalities, dextra position of the
heart and systemic arterial supply to the lung. Radiologically, this
anomalous vein appears as a scimitar-like shadow (Turkish Swords)
on chest x-ray, and runs from the middle of the right lung to the
cardiophrenic angle. In our report, we have presented a child with
scimitar syndrome who was evaluated for recurrent lower respiratory
tract infection.
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Pekcan S,Karagöl C,Alp H,Baysal T,Artaç H,Reisli İ,Çimen D,Karaarslan S.Scimitar Sendromu. Selcuk Med J 2015;31(2): 85-87
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