Dual inferior venae cavae with mitral stenosis.
A 34-year old woman with rheumatic mitral stenosis was found to have complete dual inferior venae cavae with bilateral infrarenal and suprarenal segments, on balloon mitral valvuloplasty. The bilateral, renal, and gonadal veins drained separately on the ipsilateral side. The left inferior vena cava was larger than the right, and the right inferior vena cava had an aneurysmal dilatation near its origin. The left inferior vena cava drained into the superior vena cava-right atrial junction.
Tambe
Sandeep P
SP
Apple Heart Institute and Research Center, Kolhapur, Maharastra, India. drsptambe@yahoo.co.in
Sinha
Prabhat Kumar
PK
Bhupali
Ashok N
AN
D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002404:Catheterization; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D010690:Phlebography / Q000379:methods; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D054079:Vascular Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging