Umbilical vein draining into the inferior vena cava via the internal iliac vein, bypassing the liver.
This is the third report of an anomalous umbilical vein draining ectopically in a left pelvic vein, probably the left internal iliac, and through the inferior vena cava into the right atrium. The anomaly was encountered in a newborn infant with nonimmune hydrops fetalis, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, multiorgan failure and possibly Noonan Syndrome.
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Department of Radiology, Children's Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
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Kolni
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D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital; D006801:Humans; D007084:Iliac Vein / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008099:Liver / Q000098:blood supply; D011859:Radiography; D014471:Umbilical Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*