Left upper pulmonary vein connected to the persistent left superior vena cava and the left atrium.
Persistent left superior vena cava (PLSVC) is the most common anomalous thoracic venous drainage. A PLSVC usually drains into the right atrium through a dilated coronary sinus. It is rare that a PLSVC flows directly into the left atrium, and even rarer that it connects to the left upper pulmonary vein (LUPV). We report a case, wherein the LUPV connected to both the PLSVC and the left atrium.
['Maki|Ryunosuke|R|', 'Miyajima|Masahiro|M|', 'Mishina|Taijiro|T|', 'Watanabe|Atsushi|A|']
D000368:Aged D015505:Chest Tubes D004322:Drainage D006325:Heart Atria D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital D006801:Humans D008175:Lung Neoplasms D008197:Lymph Node Excision D008297:Male D011667:Pulmonary Veins D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed D054079:Vascular Malformations D014683:Vena Cava, Superior
Left upper pulmonary vein Persistent left superior vena cava Lung cancer Partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection