Total anomalous pulmonary venous return (TAPVR) - supracardiac type

Case contributed by Husam Hussein Yaseen , 2 Oct 2019
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Mostafa Elfeky, 10 Nov 2019

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Total anomalous pulmonary venous return (TAPVR):supracardiac - supracardiac type
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CECTContrast-enhanced CT scan done for this young female and surprisingly the scan shows the pulmonary veins passing posterior to the left atrium (instead of ending in the left atrium) and united forming large trunk drain to the right atrium through the SVC.

  • -<p>CECT scan done for this young female and surprisingly the scan shows the pulmonary veins passing posterior to the left atrium (instead of ending in the left atrium) and united forming large trunk drain to the right atrium through the SVC.</p>
  • +<p>Contrast-enhanced CT scan done for this young female and surprisingly the scan shows the pulmonary veins passing posterior to the left atrium (instead of ending in the left atrium) and united forming large trunk drain to the right atrium through the SVC.</p>

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Total anomalous pulmonary venous return (TAPVR):supracardiac type
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Axial,coronal, coronal and sagittal reformatting post contrast-contrast CT scan shows pulmonary veins draining via an anomalous large common trunk to the SVC.There. There is  anan enlargement of the right atrium with engorgement of the SVC and IVC and reflux of the contrast to dilated hepatic veins.Note. Note the large ASD.

Axial CT scan (lung windows) shows hyperinflated lung  andand barrel-shaped thorax.

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Selected image from coronal reformatting scan shows looped common venous trunk merged with the SVC.Scanogram reveal.

Scanogram reveals the typical snowman appearance.

Selected image from the axial scan showing the ASD.

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Selected image from the axial scan showing the ASD.

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