The mobile mesoazygos.
We describe surgical relocation of the mesoazygos without its visceral pleura, from an intrapulmonary location to a normal right superior mediastinal position. The pictorial sequence presented confirms the postulated theory of azygos disimpaction and excludes the theory of symphysis of the azygos fissure.
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Department of Radiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195.
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D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography