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Although it is a clinically useful classification, atypical course of the PVs is occasionally encountered as well. We report a case of infracardiac-type TAPVC in which the left upper PV traversed the posterior mediastinum and merged into the right PVs at the right hilum. The combined vein coursed medially and caudally, meeting the left lower PVs, and finally penetrated the diaphragm; the pulmonary venous drainage formed a shape of \u201cC.\u201d Despite definitive diagnosis according to Darling\u2019s classification, sometimes atypical course of the PVs do exist. Echocardiography may not be adequate for atypical cases. 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