Jeun Joo Hee, Kang Eun-Ju, Jo Jeong-Hyun, Lee Ki-Nam
Taehan Yongsang Uihakhoe Chi. 2021 Mar;82(2):440-446. doi: 10.3348/jksr.2020.0036. Epub 2021 Jan 20.
The levoatriocardinal vein is an uncommon pulmonary venous abnormality that connects the left atrium or pulmonary vein with the systemic vein. It is distinct from partial anomalous pulmonary venous return in that the former forms a connection with the left atrium through the normal pulmonary vein whereas the latter involves pulmonary venous drainage to the systemic vein. Herein, we describe a case of the levoatriocardinal vein initially misdiagnosed as a pulmonary arteriovenous malformation using chest radiography and chest CT. The levoatriocardinal vein combined with pulmonary venous varix was confirmed using pulmonary angiography. To the best of our knowledge, this unusual coexistence of the levoatriocardinal vein and pulmonary venous varix has not been reported in English literature.
左心房静脉是一种罕见的肺静脉异常，它将左心房或肺静脉与体静脉相连。它与部分性肺静脉异位回流不同，前者通过正常肺静脉与左心房形成连接，而后者是肺静脉引流至体静脉。在此，我们描述一例最初通过胸部X线和胸部CT被误诊为肺动静脉畸形的左心房静脉病例。通过肺血管造影证实为左心房静脉合并肺静脉瘤样扩张。据我们所知，英文文献中尚未报道过左心房静脉与肺静脉瘤样扩张这种不寻常的共存情况。
