A rare case of a complete left inferior vena cava associated with the symptoms of Dunbar syndrome

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 262-265

  Wartmann, Christopher T ^b   Kinsella Jr , Christopher R ^c   Tubbs, R Shane ^d   Loukas, Marios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

Author keywords

celiac compression syndrome; inferior vena cava; left inferior cava

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELIAC ARTERY STENOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SWELLING; TIBIA FRACTURE; VEIN MALFORMATION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CELIAC ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 79951647170     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.21078     Document Type: Article

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