J Korean Radiol Soc.  1986 Jun;22(3):355-360. 10.3348/jkrs.1986.22.3.355.

Total anomalous pulmonary venous return(infradiaphragmatic type)

• Rhee GW
• Jeon SC
• Hahm CK
• Hyun SL
• Lee KH
• Kim CH

• KMID: 2462336
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3348/jkrs.1986.22.3.355

Abstract

The infradiaphragmatic type of Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return(TAPVR) is a rare congenital cardiacanomaly which usually results in death during the period of early infancy. A two month-old baby boy with cyanosisand respiratory distress was suspected of having a TAPVR clinically and the two-dimensional echocardiographicfindings were compatible with the infradiaphragmetic type of TAPVR. The subsequent cardiac catheterization andcineangiogram revealed the common pulmonary vein connected with portal vein and inferior vena cava in theinfradiaphragmetic area with obvious obstruction. The surgery and the autopsy confiremd the preopeative diagnosis.Among infants presenting pulmonary venous congestion in the newborn period. TAPVR below the diaphragm shold be oneof the important diagnostic cosiderations.

MeSH Terms

Autopsy
Cardiac Catheterization
Cardiac Catheters
Diaphragm
Humans
Hyperemia
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Portal Vein
Pulmonary Veins
Scimitar Syndrome
Vena Cava, Inferior