Case report: interruption of the inferior vena cava with anomalous intrahepatic continuation.
Infrahepatic interruption of the inferior vena cava (IVC) with azygos and hemiazygos substitution is a rare IVC anomaly which has been documented in the literature (Anderson et al, 1961; Chuang et al, 1974; Floyd & Nelson, 1976; Mayo et al, 1983). Recently Bercoff et al and Ghossain et al reported two cases with portal continuation of the interrupted IVC (Bercoff et al, 1985; Ghossain et al, 1988). In our case, we describe a left sided IVC with infrahepatic interruption which continues by both the azygos system and the hepatic veins via anomalous intrahepatic vessels. To our knowledge such a continuation with intrahepatic anomalous vessels has not been described before.
Balkanci
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Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
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D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000473:pathology; D000293:Adolescent; D001401:Azygos Vein / Q000473:pathology; D006503:Hepatic Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging