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Image Acquisition Method for the Sonographic Assessment of the Inferior Vena Cava
Published on: January 13, 2023
[Right-sided duplication of the inferior vena cava]
B Sénécail1, T Josseaume, J Bobeuf
1Service d'Anatomie, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, 22 avenue Camille Desmoulins, CS 93837, 29237 Brest Cedex 3. bernard.senecail@univ-brest.fr
Abstract:
An infrarenal duplication of the inferior vena cava with both channels lying on the right side of the aorta was fortuitously found during an abdominal Computed Tomography performed on a 52 year-old woman. Only two same cases seem to be reported in the literature. This very uncommon abnormality probably results from persistence of the infra-renal part of the right subcardinal vein. Radiologists have to be aware of this right-sided ipsilateral duplication for it may be a trap in abdominal imaging as well as "classical" inferior vena cava duplication located on both sides of the abdominal aorta.
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