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Bilateral scimitar syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 January 2005

Mohamed Kabbani ,
Naser Haider  and
Riyadh Abu-Sulaiman
Mohamed Kabbani
Affiliation:
Cardiac Sciences Department, King Abdul Aziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Naser Haider
Affiliation:
Pediatric Department, King Abdul Aziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Riyadh Abu-Sulaiman
Affiliation:
Pediatric Department, King Abdul Aziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Abstract

Scimitar syndrome is a rare congenital anomaly that affects classically the right lung and the heart. We present a rare variant that involves both lungs in association with totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection, horseshoe lung, and right pulmonary cyst.

Keywords

Horseshoe lungtotally anomalous pulmonary venous connectionpulmonary cyst
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 14 , Issue 4 , August 2004 , pp. 447 - 449
Copyright
© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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