Scimitar syndrome associated with gallbladder duplication

Abstract

Scimitar syndrome is a rare congenital anomaly associated with the venous drainage of the lung to the inferior vena cava through a systemic vein. Chest radiography of an asymptomatic patient, aged 36, showed a linear opacity extending from the pulmonary hilum to the diaphragm, on the right chest (Scimitar sign). Computerized tomography of the thorax exposed that the cause of that image was Scimitar vein. Abdominal ultrasonography revealed duplication in the gallbladder. The literature holds no reports of an association between Scimitar syndrome and gallbladder duplication. Secondary gastrointestinal malformations can also be found in patients suffering from this syndrome. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.