Absent right and persistent left superior vena cava without other congenital anomaly: a rare combination diagnosed by transesophageal echocardiography

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : Official Publication of the American Society of Echocardiography
N KoneckyI Kronzon

Abstract

A 70-year old man with a history of anorexia, weight loss, and progressive shortness of breath was studied by transesophageal echocardiography. In addition to a mass occupying the right ventricular outflow tract, a rare congenital heart anomaly was discovered serendipitously: persistent left superior vena cava, absent right superior vena cava, and no other congenital abnormality. The echocardiographic findings were confirmed by computed tomographic scanning and later during heart surgery performed to resect the malignant tumor.

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