Venous abnormalities encountered in abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.
The coexistence of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and venous abnormalities is unusual. In this article two cases of AAA with concomitant abnormalities of a retroaortic left renal vein and left-sided inferior vena cava are presented.
Papavassiliou
V G
VG
Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Athens University Medical School, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece. papavass@hotmail.com
Kakissis
J D
JD
Dimitroulis
D
D
Vorou
R M
RM
Liapis
C D
CD
D000368:Aged; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D007084:Iliac Vein / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D012082:Renal Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D012307:Risk Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery
D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates