CT demonstration of intrapulmonary right brachiocephalic vein associated with an azygos lobe.
We describe a rare anomaly demonstrated by CT in which the right brachiocephalic vein follows an extramediastinal course in the anterior portion of the azygos fissure.
Mata
J M
JM
Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universidad Autónoma, Barcelona, Spain.
Cáceres
J
J
Llauger
J
J
Palmer
J
J
D000328:Adult; D001401:Azygos Vein / Q000002:abnormalities; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010690:Phlebography; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D013909:Thorax / Q000098:blood supply*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014680:Veins / Q000002:abnormalities