Anomalies of the inferior vena cava: A report of two cases and a short review of the literature

Folia Morphologica

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 123-127

  Kapetanakis, S ^a   Papadopoulos, C ^a   Galani, P ^b   Dimitrakopoulou, G ^b   Fiska, A ^a  

^a Department of Anatomy   (Greece)

^b IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anomalies; Double; Inferior vena cava; Left

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 77955967313     PISSN: 00155659     EISSN: 16443284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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