Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection to the Azygous Vein: Unusual Pathology Requiring Unusual Repair

Authors

Michael Perez, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
T. K.Susheel Kumar, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Mario Briceno-Medina, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Christopher J. Knott-Craig, University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Abstract

Connection of the right pulmonary veins to the azygous is an extremely rare variant of partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection. We describe one such case in the setting of an intact atrial septum. Surgical correction in such a situation can be challenging. We describe a successful surgical approach for this unusual variant.

Publication Title

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Recommended Citation

Perez, M., Kumar, T., Briceno-Medina, M., & Knott-Craig, C. (2016). Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection to the Azygous Vein: Unusual Pathology Requiring Unusual Repair. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 102 (1), e41-e42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.11.059