Czekajska-Chehab Elżbieta, Tomaszewski Andrzej, Adamczyk Piotr, Zakościelna Magdalena, Wojtkowska Agnieszka, Siek Elżbieta, Staśkiewicz Grzegorz, Drop Andrzej
I Department of Medical Radiology, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland.
Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland.
Pol J Radiol. 2018 Jul 5;83:e334-e339. doi: 10.5114/pjr.2018.77696. eCollection 2018.
Total anomalous pulmonary vein drainage (TAPVD) is a congenital cardiac defect in which there is no connection between pulmonary veins and the left atrium. Pulmonary veins form a confluence independent of the left atrium and drain to a systemic vein. TAPVD types are: supracardiac, cardiac, infracardiac, and mixed. TAPVD accounts for approximately 1.5-2.2% of all congenital heart diseases. This anomaly is usually diagnosed in the neonatal period, and it coexists with atrial septal defect. Adult cases of TAPVD are rarely reported.
We report a rare case of a 60-year-old woman with incidentally found, uncorrected TAPVD in ECG-gated multidetector computed tomography. In previous echocardiographic examinations partial anomalous pulmonary venous return and atrial septal defect were diagnosed.
ECG-gated multidetector computed tomography is a valuable diagnostic method for adults with congenital heart disease. It enables evaluation of coronary arteries and simultaneously provides detailed anatomy of great vessels.