Duplication of the inferior vena cava with azygos continuation. Description of a rare case;Duplicazione della vena cava inferiore con continuazione nella vena azygos. Presentazione di un raro case

Minerva Chirurgica

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 261-265

  Esposito, S ^a   Mansueto, G ^a   Amodio, F ^a   Meccariello, R ^a   Galasso, L ^a   Salzano, A ^a   Vallone, G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Azygos vein abnormalities; Veins abnormalities; Vena cava, inferior abnormalities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZYGOS VEIN; CASE REPORT; CAVOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MALE; VEIN MALFORMATION;

AZYGOS VEIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 0032971503     PISSN: 00264733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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