Anomalous triad of a left-sided inferior vena cava, a retroesophageal right subclavian artery, and bilateral superficial brachial arteries in one individual

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 112-117

  Nakatani, Toshio ^a   Tanaka, Shigenori ^a   Mizukami, Shigeki ^b  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gross anatomy; Japanese woman; Thorax; Upper arm; Vascular variations

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY;

AGED; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CADAVER; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 0031913040     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2353(1998)11:2<112::AID-CA8>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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