Course of the inferior vena cava on lateral films exposed in different positions.
The distance from the posterior border of the inferior vena cava to the anterior vertebral margin was measured in 100 presumably normal patients in the supine position. Seventeen of these were also examined in the right and left lateral positions and the changes in course of the vena cava compared with the supine position.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011187:Posture; D011859:Radiography; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013679:Technology, Radiologic; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*