Absence of the azygos vein associated with double superior vena cava - A case report

Angiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 81-84

  Arslan, Gökhan ^a   Özkaynak, Can ^a   Çubuk, Metin ^a   Sindel, Timur ^a   Lüleci, Ersin ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZYGOS VEIN; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VEIN MALFORMATION;

EID: 0032947330     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331979905000111     Document Type: Article

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