Congenital anomalies of the venac cavae: Embryological origin, imaging features and report of three new variants

European Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 2040-2055

  Minniti, S ^a   Visentini, S ^a   Procacci, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Congenital anomalies; Inferior vena cava; Superior vena cava

Indexed keywords

AGENESIS; ARTICLE; AZYGOS VEIN; CAVA VEIN; CAVA VEIN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; VEIN MALFORMATION; VENOUS CIRCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

AZYGOS VEIN; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENAE CAVAE;

EID: 0036688402     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-001-1241-x     Document Type: Article

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