Two cases of inferior vena cava duplication with their CT findings and a review of the literature

Folia Morphologica

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-58

  Tore, Hüseyin G ^a   Tatar, Ilkan ^a   Celik, Hamdi H ^a   Oto, Aytekin ^b   Aldur, Mustafa M ^a   Denk, Cem C ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomaly; Computed tomography; Duplication; Inferior vena cava; Variation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC VEIN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; RETROPERITONEUM; THORAX SURGERY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VEIN MALFORMATION;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 15044347541     PISSN: 00155659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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