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
Pages :
3
From page :
110
To page :
112
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
Serial Year :
2012
Journal title :
International Journal of Medical Toxicology and Forensic Medicine
Record number :
2398554
Link To Document :
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