Partial anomalous pulmonary venous return

Case contributed by Henry Knipe
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Trauma.

Patient Data

Age: 30 years
Gender: Male

Heart and mediastinum are unremarkable with no traumatic aortic injury identified.

Partial anomalous venous return of the left upper lobe into the left brachiocephalic vein.

Acute mildly displaced right 12th rib fracture. Subacute/healing left 10th rib fracture. Splenic laceration with small volume of perisplenic free fluid. 

Case Discussion

The partial anomalous pulmonary venous return was an incidental finding in a CT performed for major trauma. 

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