Title of article :
A 21 Years Old Woman, with Chest Pain and Cardiac dextroposition pulmunary hypoplasia orScimitar Syndrome
Author/Authors :
Azad Tehrani M، Moin نويسنده Pulmonologist, Internist, Heart and Lung Division, Logman Hakeem General Teaching Hospital,Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , , Agin، Kh نويسنده Heart and Lung Division, Logman Hakeem General Teaching Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran ,
Issue Information :
فصلنامه با شماره پیاپی 0 سال 2012
Abstract :
Background: Physicians seldom encounter chest x-ray of adult
patients diagnosed with dextrocardia.
Case presentation: Here, we present the case of a 21-year-old
woman who referred to the hospital with the clinical diagnosis
of dextrocardia but, she has pulmonary hypoplasia and this rare
disease in adults may be a component of scimitar syndrome
and scimitar sign is not pathognomonic to define the
syndrome. MR angiography was done, but finally the diagnosis
was hypoplasia of right upper lobe and aplasia of middle lobe.
Conclusion: As lung hypoplasia is rare in adults, some cases
are misdiagnosed as dextrocardia on chest x-ray.
Journal title :
International Journal of Medical Toxicology and Forensic Medicine
Journal title :
International Journal of Medical Toxicology and Forensic Medicine