PLAIN RADIOGRAPHIC DIAGNOSIS OF CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE

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7h-1. Pulmonary varix/varices. (Image Review.)

B. Lateral chest film demonstrates sharply demarcated ovoid variceal structures.

This patient had anomalous pulmonary venous drainage associated with variceal dilation and an atrial secundum defect. Pulmonary varices are also known as pulmonary "pyles".