Case Reports in Vascular Medicine (Jan 2012)

Scimitar Syndrome in an Asymptomatic Adult: Fortuitous Diagnosis by Imaging Technique

  • Miguel Angel Ramirez-Marrero,
  • Manuel de Mora-Martin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/138541
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2012

Abstract

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Congenital cardiopathies in adults are a rare clinical entity in the cardiology consultations. Advances in imaging techniques allow the fortuitous diagnosis of mild forms of these congenital abnormalities. We describe a case of an asymptomatic 41-year-old man, with a medical history of recurrent pneumonia during childhood and an established diagnosis of scimitar syndrome by computed tomography.