Absent infrarenal inferior vena cava: An unusual cause of pelvic varices

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 699-701

  Wax, Joseph R ^a,b   Pinette, Michael G ^a   Fife, Jennifer ^a   Blackstone, Jacquelyn ^a   Cartin, Angelina ^a  

^a MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MMC OB GYN Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; VARICOSIS;

EID: 34247584239     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2007.26.5.699     Document Type: Article

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