Double inferior vena cava: A report of three cases

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Ng, W T ^a   Ng, Simon S M ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Double inferior vena cava; Inferior vena cava; Venous anomaly

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOUBLE INFERIOR VENA CAVA; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; RETROPERITONEUM; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENA CAVA FILTER;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 67849092024     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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