Medical Science
Volume 24, Issue 103, May - June, 2020
Atypical pattern of Scimitar Syndrome
Ibrahim Yousef Alharbi1, Kheder Mohamed Altayep1, Mehad Hussni Felemban1, Hussain Gadelkarim Ahmed2,3♦
1Royal commission Hospital Yanbu, Saudi Arabia
2College of Medicine, University of Hail, Saudi Arabia
3Department of Histopathology and Cytology, FMLS, University of Khartoum, Sudan
♦Corresponding author
Prof. Hussain Gadelkarim Ahmed, College of Medicine, University of Hail,
Saudi Arabia;
Email: hussaingad5@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
A 74-year-old female with a recent diagnosis of hypertension (HTN), Presented with shortness of breathe and cough for 3 days. After
a series of investigations, the patient was proved to be a case of atypical pattern of Scimitar Syndrome. Scimitar Syndrome itself is a
rare syndrome, especially in 74 years who has only recurrent chest infections. The findings of multiple cystic lesions which has no
clear association but it can influence other physicians who encountered the same cases with coincidence findings of multiple cystic
lesions, to report the case and to know if there is a co-relation between Scimitar Syndrome and other similar conditions findings.
Keywords: Scimitar Syndrome, a congenital condition, pulmonary hypoplasia
Medical Science, 2020, 24(103), 1507-1513
