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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Radiol Imaging 2017; 27(02): 177-180
DOI: 10.4103/0971-3026.209208
Gastrointestinal Radiology and Hepatology

Partial anomalous hepatic venous drainage into left-sided atrium with right isomerism: A case report with review of literature

Ishan Kumar
Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
,
Anmol Bhatia
GE Radiology Section, Department of Gastroenterology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
,
Kushaljit S Sodhi
Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
,
Niranjan Khandelwal
Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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Abstract

Right isomerism, also known as Ivemark syndrome, is an unusual degree of symmetry of some of the abdominothoracic viscera reflecting bilateral right-sidedness. We report an exceedingly rare occurrence of anomalous drainage of the left hepatic vein to the left-sided atrium in a patient of right isomerism. With this case report, we further endorse that the isomerism of atrium might extend beyond the appendages, a view that has been long dismissed by the existing literature.

Keywords

Anomalous - drainage - hepatic - left atrium - venous


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27 July 2021

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