Aberrant left brachiocephalic vein: CT imaging findings and embryologic correlation

European Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1835-1839

  Chern, M S ^a,b   Shih Chi Ko, J ^a   Tsai, A ^c   Wu, M H ^a,b   Teng, M M H ^a,b   Chang, C Y ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Central Clinic Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aberrant left brachiocephalic vein; CT; Embryonic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AZYGOS VEIN; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AZYGOS VEIN; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEINS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR DISEASES; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 0033255417     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300050931     Document Type: Article

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