Right upper lobe partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Case Rep Vasc Med. 2014:2014:249896. doi: 10.1155/2014/249896. Epub 2014 Feb 16.

Abstract

Partial anomalous pulmonary venous return (PAPVR) is a left-to-right shunt where one or more, but not all, pulmonary veins drain into a systemic vein or the right atrium. We report a case of a 45-year-old male with PAPVR to superior vena cava which was incidentally discovered during a right lower bilobectomy for lung cancer.