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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:2272-2274
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Reports

Anomalous Right Upper Lobe Venous Drainage

Domenico Galetta, MD, Giulia Veronesi, MD, Francesco Leo, MD, Piergiorgio Solli, MD, Lorenzo Spaggiari, MD, PhD*

Department of Thoracic Surgery, European Institute of Oncology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Accepted for publication April 3, 2006.

* Address correspondence to Dr Spaggiari, Department of Thoracic Surgery, European Institute of Oncology, Via Ripamonti 435, Milan, 20141 Italy. (Email: lorenzo.spaggiari{at}ieo.it).

Anomalous pulmonary venous return is a rare congenital anomaly mainly involving the right lung and is often associated with congenital intracardiac malformations as atrial septal defect. We report a case of anomalous right upper lobe venous drainage resulting in two right upper lobe veins draining into the azygous vein and into the confluence between superior vena cava and azygous vein, respectively. Preoperative identification of such an aberrant venous drainage is useful for avoiding unexpected intraoperative bleeding.






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