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Prenatal diagnosis of anomalous connection of the inferior caval vein to the left atrium associated with common arterial trunk |
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| Authors: | Lucile Houyel Laurence Cohen Patrick Burlot Anne Heitzmann Damien Bonnet |
| Affiliation: | 1. M3C-Necker Enfants malades, AP-HP, Paris, France;2. ETCC, Massy, France;3. Gynecology Obstetrics Department, Centre Hospitalier Sud-Essonne, Etampes, France;4. Anatomopathology Department, Centre Hospitalier Régional, Orléans, France;5. M3C-Necker Enfants malades, AP-HP, Paris, France Université de Paris, Paris, France UMR-1163 INSERM, Institut IMAGINE, IcarP Cardiology, Paris, France |
| Abstract: | Anomalous connection of the inferior caval vein to the left atrium is exceedingly rare, and has even been considered by some authors an anatomic and embryologic impossibility. This study demonstrates for the first time the existence of this rare malformation, diagnosed on prenatal echo, and confirmed on post-mortem examination in a 24 WG fetus, in association with a common arterial trunk. |
| Keywords: | anomalous connection common arterial trunk inferior caval vein left atrium prenatal diagnosis |