title: Retrotracheal aberrant left brachiocephalic vein: CT findings.
abstract: We present a child with double aberrant left brachiocephalic vein (ALBCV) that was an incidental finding on CT. The anterior and thin branch was above the aortic arch and behind the truncus brachiocephalicus and drained into the superior vena cava (SVC). The posterior and thick branch of the ALBCV coursed posterior to the trachea and oesophagus and joined with the azygos vein before draining into the SVC. To our knowledge, retrotracheal ALBCV has not been previously described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Sihhiye, 06100 Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Adalet Elcin
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Yigit
authors.forename: Mithat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haliloglu
authors.forename: Musturay
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karcaaltincaba
authors.forename: Macit Orhan
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Ariyurek
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016121:Brachiocephalic Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014132:Trachea / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging