Right double inferior vena cava: Report of 5 cases and literature review

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 642-645

  Nagashima, Toshiyuki ^a   Lee, Jin ^a   Andoh, Kazuo ^b   Itoh, Takashi ^c   Tanohata, Kazunori ^d   Arai, Mito ^e   Inoue, Tomio ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Department of Surgery   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d KAWASAKI MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e KANAGAWA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anomaly; Computed tomography; Inferior vena cava

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ILIAC ARTERIES; INFERIOR VENA CAVA; LITERATURE REVIEWS; TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOUBLE INFERIOR VENA CAVA; FEMALE; GONADAL VEIN; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; ILIAC VEIN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROCAVAL URETER; REVIEW; SUBCARDINAL VEIN; SUPRACARDINAL VEIN; VEIN MALFORMATION;

EID: 33746257016     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200607000-00014     Document Type: Review

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