MeSH 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.;
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.
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