Scimitar syndrome; pulmonary venolobar syndrome

Epidemiology

• rare

Pathology

• anomalous venous return from the right lung to the systemic venous system (inferior vena cava), rather than the left atrium

Radiology

• chest X-ray
  • curvilinear pattern created by the pulmonary veins that drain to the inferior vena cava

More general terms

• congenital heart disease; congenital cyanotic heart disease
• syndrome