IJAR.2017.264

Type of Article:  Case Report

Volume 5; Issue 3.1 (July 2017)

Page No.: 4121-4123

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.16965/ijar.2017.264

VARIATION OF RIGHT PULMONARY VEINS: A CASE REPORT

Archana Goel *1, Ravinder Kumar  Yadav 2, Nidhi Puri 3.

*1 Associate professor, Department of Anatomy,  MM Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (MMIMSR), Mullana (Ambala), Haryana, India.

2 MSC Student, Department of Anatomy,  MM Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (MMIMSR), Mullana (Ambala), Haryana, India.

3 Professor, Department of Anatomy,  MM Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (MMIMSR), Mullana (Ambala), Haryana, India.

Corresponding  Author: Dr. Archana Goel, Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy,  MM Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (MMIMSR), Mullana (Ambala), Haryana, India. Phone no., 8059931320 E-Mail: archanagoel23@yahoo.in

ABSTRACT:

Variation in number and drainage pattern of pulmonary veins is frequent. The present report was observed during routine dissection of 50 year old male cadaver in Anatomy department of our institution. In this case a single right pulmonary vein was found to be draining all right pulmonary segments and connects to the left atrium. Where as in the left lung two separate  pulmonary veins were draining the respective pulmonary segments to left atrium. An anomalous right sided single pulmonary vein with single ostium is rare in literature. Incidence of a single ostium of right pulmonary vein is 3.33%.  Knowledge of these variations is valuable in cardiothoracic surgeries for pulmonary lobectomy, cardiac valve replacements and radiological procedures such as radiofrequency ablations in atrial fibrillations.

KEY WORDS: Pulmonary, Veins,  Left atrium, Ostium.

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Cite this article: Archana Goel, Ravinder Kumar Yadav, Nidhi Puri. VARIATION OF RIGHT PULMONARY VEINS: A CASE REPORT. Int J Anat Res 2017;5(3.1):4121-4123. DOI: 10.16965/ijar.2017.264