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Ann Thorac Surg 1999;68:1416-1418
© 1999 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Reports

Scimitar syndrome with pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas

Jean Philippe Le Rochais, MDa, Philippe Icard, MDa, Sepideh Davani, MDb, Driss Abouz, MDb, Claude Evrard, MDa

a Service de Chirurgie Thoracique et Cardiovasculaire, CHU de Caen, Caen, France
b Service de Pneumologie, CHG de Lisieux, Lisieux, France

Address reprint requests to Dr Le Rochais, Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, CHU Côte de Nacre, 14033 Caen cedex, France
e-mail: lerochais-jp{at}chu-caen.fr

Right abnormal pulmonary venous return into the inferior vena cava associated with abnormal fissure, dextrocardia, and systemic arterial supply of a variable degree, are the characteristics of the scimitar syndrome. We report on a patient in whom this rare syndrome was associated with pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas within the involved lung.






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