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The double scimitar sign

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 July 2025

Saileela Rajan Open the ORCID record for Saileela Rajan [Opens in a new window] ,
Arun Sundaram  and
Robert Coelho
Saileela Rajan*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, MIOT Hospitals, Chennai, India
Arun Sundaram
Affiliation:
Pediatric cardiac anaesthesia, MIOT Hospitals, Chennai, India
Robert Coelho
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiothoracic surgery, MIOT Hospitals, Chennai, India
*
Corresponding author: Saileela Rajan; Email: drsaileelarajan@gmail.com
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Abstract

We present striking and unique imaging features of a child with scimitar syndrome, demonstrating a rare ‘double sword appearance’ across multiple imaging modalities including chest radiography, angiography and computed tomography.

Keywords

scimitar syndrometwo scimitar veinsdouble scimitar signdouble sword appearance

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Type
Images in Congenital Cardiac Disease
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Cardiology in the Young , First View , pp. 1 - 2
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press

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