A CASE OF AN ANOMALOUS PULMONARY VEIN OF THE RIGHT MIDDLE LOBE

A case is reported in which the abnormal course of a pulmonary vein wa s suggested by computed tomography and confirmed by digital subtractio n angiography, The vein drained blood from the right middle lobe into the apical pulmonary vein, This abnormality was probably due to abnorm al segmentation of the right lung, Comparable cases have been reported in the literature, It is important to distinguish these benign lesion s from more complex malformations because of the therapeutic and progn ostic implications, The radiologic findings of this case and a systema tic overview of pulmonary vein abnormalities is provided.