Saalaoui Abir, Maqsoudi Abdelhamid, Yaagoubi Fatima Zahra El, Refak Raouia, Bazi Imane, Chahbi Zakaria, ELmassoudi Nora, Adnor Said, Labrini Lamyae Ait, Hami Zahra, Timsahi Wiam, Wakrim Pr Soukaina
Radiology Department, University Hospital of Souss Massa, Agadir, Morocco.
Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco.
Radiol Case Rep. 2025 Jul 8;20(9):4849-4855. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2025.05.104. eCollection 2025 Sep.
Duplicated superior vena cava (SVC) is a congenital vascular anomaly that is typically asymptomatic and is diagnosed incidentally upon imaging. We describe the case of a 28-year-old man with a background of achondroplasia, treated pulmonary tuberculosis, and chronic smoking and cannabis use, presenting with acute exacerbation of exertional dyspnea. Cyanosis and hypoxemia were evident on clinical examination (SpO₂ 65% on 15 L/min oxygen), and imaging revealed apical sequelae, ventricular septal defect (VSD), and pulmonary hypertension. A computed tomography pulmonary angiogram (CTPA) excluded embolism but detected duplicated SVC with independent drainage, hemiazygos vein drainage to the left SVC, overriding aorta, hypoplastic pulmonary arteries, and right ventricular outflow tract stenosis-a diagnosis of Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) was thus confirmed. This case highlights the need to remember duplicated SVC vascular malformation in critical patients as these might prove to be critical in diagnosis as well as therapeutic strategy, especially in the setting of complex congenital cardiac disease.
重复上腔静脉(SVC)是一种先天性血管异常,通常无症状,在影像学检查时偶然发现。我们描述了一名28岁男性的病例,他有软骨发育不全病史,曾接受过肺结核治疗,长期吸烟并使用大麻,因劳力性呼吸困难急性加重就诊。临床检查发现明显的发绀和低氧血症(吸氧15L/min时SpO₂为65%),影像学检查显示有肺尖部后遗症、室间隔缺损(VSD)和肺动脉高压。计算机断层扫描肺动脉造影(CTPA)排除了栓塞,但检测到重复SVC伴独立引流、半奇静脉向左SVC引流、主动脉骑跨、肺发育不全以及右心室流出道狭窄,从而确诊为法洛四联症(TOF)。该病例强调,在重症患者中需要考虑到重复SVC血管畸形,因为这在诊断和治疗策略中可能至关重要,尤其是在复杂先天性心脏病的情况下。