Sinus venosus-type atrial septal defect: a rare curable cause of recurrent transient neurological deficits.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Sinus venosus defect is a rare cardiac abnormality, provoking an interatrial shunting outside the interatrial septum. Echographic diagnosis is difficult and may require examination by a specialized cardiologist.

SUMMARY OF CASE: We report the case of a young woman who presented with repeated episodes of hemiparesis.

CONCLUSIONS

Surgical correction of sinus venosus defect led to disappearance of neurological symptoms.