Anomalous superior vena cava drainage is a rare congenital cardiac defect where the right superior vena cava anomalously drains into the left atrium causing a right to left shunt. We present a case of a 17-day-old male who presented with cyanosis without respiratory distress and was found to have a right superior vena cava draining anomalously into the left atrium.
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