title: [Duplication of the superior vena cava and other malformations discovered at insertion of a port-a-cath].
abstract: We report a clinical case of a persistent left superior vena cava discovered in a 50-year-old female patient when a port-a-cath was inserted. This already seldom malformation was associated with an arteria lusoria and polysplenia with left inferior vena cava with hemiazygos continuation, right-sided stomach, short pancreas, preduodenal portal vein and intestinal malrotation, but without any cardiac abnormalities.
authors.affiliation: Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital Lyautey, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, 1, rue des Canonniers, 67100 Strasbourg.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hammerer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jeung
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mennecier
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Demian
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pauli
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Quoix
mesh_terms: D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D045822:Intestinal Volvulus / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D010179:Pancreas / Q000002:abnormalities; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000002:abnormalities; D013154:Spleen / Q000002:abnormalities; D013270:Stomach / Q000002:abnormalities; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000002:abnormalities; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000002:abnormalities*