Persistent left superior vena cava presenting as brain abscess: A case report

• Main Authors: Neha Mohan Rao (Author), Guruprasad Hassan Shankar (Author), Bhakti U Sarangi (Author), Sanjay Bafna (Author), Priscilla Joshi (Author), Rahul Jahagirdar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A persistent left superior vena cava (PLSVC) draining into the left atrial appendage can exist as an unidentified right-to-left shunt often with no demonstrable evidence of hypoxia on history but predisposing to life-threatening clinical implications. We present a 7-year-old boy with a brain abscess...