title: Bilateral paraaortic lymphadenectomy in the presence of double inferior vena cava.
abstract: Three cases of stage IB cervical carcinoma with preoperative diagnosis of double inferior vena cava by CT scan are presented. Its importance during paraaortic lymphadenectomy and the relevant embryology of the inferior vena cava and its major anomalies are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, West Virginia University Medical Center, Morgantown 26506.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ashraf
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Secrist
mesh_terms: D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000601:surgery*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008875:Middle Aged; D011300:Preoperative Care; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology