Isolated persistent left superior vena cava with absent right superior vena cava in two cases

Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 2011 Sep;39(6):501-4. doi: 10.5543/tkda.2011.01453.

Abstract

Persistent left superior vena cava (LSVC) with absent right superior vena cava (RSVC) is a very rare congenital anomaly. Its isolated existence is even rarer. Persistent LSVC is usually asymptomatic and discovered incidentally. We present persistent LSVC with absent RSVC in two asymptomatic patients, namely, a 52-year-old woman and 65-year-old man. The diagnosis was confirmed by cardiac computed tomography in both cases.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Vascular Malformations / diagnosis*
  • Vascular Malformations / diagnostic imaging
  • Vena Cava, Superior / abnormalities*
  • Vena Cava, Superior / diagnostic imaging