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Portal Venous Gas: A Clinical Finding in Obstructed Infracardiac Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection
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Portal Venous Gas: A Clinical Finding in Obstructed Infracardiac Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection

Hoyoung Chung and Lawrence D. Lilien
Pediatric cardiology, Vol.33(4), pp.669-671
04/2012
PMID: 22307402

Abstract

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Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection is a cyanotic congenital heart defect that presents with a multitude of clinical presentations. We report a case of obstructive total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) which presented in a way that has not previously been described. An infant with mixed type obstructive TAPVC was found to have pulmonary interstitial emphysema and portal venous gas on a scout radiograph obtained prior to computed tomography scan. The presence of portal venous gas indicated a connection between the pulmonary venous system and the portal venous system infradiaphragmatically.

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