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Scimitar syndrome: confirmation of diagnosis by a noninvasive technique (MRI)

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Scimitar syndrome is a rare congenital pulmonary anomaly that is characterized by hypoplasia of the right lung and the right pulmonary artery with anomalous pulmonary venous drainage to the inferior vena cava or the right atrium. Very few reports are available that analyze the value of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in establishing the diagnosis. We present a case with Scimitar syndrome in which anomalous pulmonary venous return was confirmed by cine MRI.

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  1. Department of Pulmonology, Süreyyapasa Center for Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery, Maltepe, TR-81530, Istanbul, Turkey

    R. Baran, M. Meltem Tor & K. Özvaran

  2. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Süreyyapasa Center for Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery, Maltepe, TR-81530, Istanbul, Turkey

    A. Kir

  3. Department of Radiology, Istanbul University, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey

    A. Tunaci

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Baran, R., Kir, A., Meltem Tor, M. et al. Scimitar syndrome: confirmation of diagnosis by a noninvasive technique (MRI). Eur. Radiol. 6, 92–94 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00619969

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