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Totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection to superior caval vein after an intracytoplasmic injection of sperm

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2009

Javier Pérez-Lescure Picarzo*
Affiliation:
Cardiología Infantil, Departamento de Pediatría, Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón, Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain
David Crespo Marcos
Affiliation:
Cardiología Infantil, Departamento de Pediatría, Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón, Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain
*
Correspondence to: Javier Pérez-Lescure Picarzo, Cardiología Infantil, Departamento de Pediatría, Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón, Calle Budapest n°1, Alcorcón, 28922 – Madrid, Spain. Tel: +34 660296839; Fax: +34 916219627; E-mail: jplescure@fhalcorcon.es

Abstract

We report the occurrence of non-obstructive totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection to the superior caval vein in a child conceived by intracytoplasmic injection of sperm, a type of assisted reproductive technology. Totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection is an uncommon congenital anomaly, in which all the pulmonary veins connect to the morphologically right atrium, or one of its tributaries. To our knowledge, this malformation has not been previously described in a child conceived on the basis of assisted reproductive technology.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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