Developmental anomaly of the inferior vena cava

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 356-360

  Sandercoe, Gavin D ^a   Brooke Cowden, Geoff L ^a,b  

^a Auburn District Hospital   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Azygos veins; Retroperitoneum; Veins; Vena cava

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYOLOGY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROPERITONEUM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VEIN MALFORMATION;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 0038694554     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-2197.2003.02502.x     Document Type: Article

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