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Description
  • Radiopaedia case ID: 57019
  • Image ID: 34415055
  • Image stack position: 20/70
  • Plane projection: Axial
  • Aux modality: C+ arterial phase
  • Study description: CT chest and abdomen
  • Modality: CT
  • System: Vascular
  • Findings: The inferior vena cava continues as the azygos vein, coursing along the right paravertebral region at the posterior mediastinum till joining superior vena cava (SVC) at the normal location in the right paratracheal space. The hepatic segment of the IVC is absent and the hepatic veins join and drain directly into the right atrium. There is associated retro-aortic left renal vein.
Date Published: 6th Dec 2017
Source https://radiopaedia.org/cases/azygos-continuation-of-the-inferior-vena-cava-6
Author Mostafa El-Feky
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current15:37, 5 June 2021Thumbnail for version as of 15:37, 5 June 20211,199 × 631 (191 KB) (talk | contribs)Radiopaedia project rID:57019 (batch #3503-20 A20)