Communicating Vein between the Left Renal Vein and Left Ascending Lumber Vein: Incidence and Significance on Abdominal CT

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 252-257

  Yao, Yuki ^a   Okada, Yoshitaka ^b   Yamato, Minoru ^a   Ohtomo, Kuni ^c  

^a Department of Radiology   (Japan)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascending lumber vein; Communicating vein; Left renal vein

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA; COMMUNICATING VEIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY VEIN; LEFT ASCENDING LUMBAR VEIN; LEFT RENAL VEIN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; REVIEW; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; VEIN; VEIN DIAMETER;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL VEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0942265220     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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