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1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, West Virginia University Medical Center, Morgantown 26506.
Three cases of stage IB cervical carcinoma with preoperative diagnosis of double inferior vena cava by CT scan are presented. Its importance during paraaortic lymphadenectomy and the relevant embryology of the inferior vena cava and its major anomalies are discussed.
Three cases of stage IB cervical carcinoma with preoperative diagnosis of double inferior vena cava by CT scan are presented. Its importance during paraaortic lymphadenectomy and the relevant embryology of the inferior vena cava and its major anomalies are discussed.
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