A case report of left sided IVC with retroaortic right renal vein and hemiazygos continuation.
A case report of a left sided IVC with hemiazygos continuation and retro aortic right renal vein in a 45 year old female is described here with discussion of embryogenesis of this anomaly and its clinical importance. The anomaly was first observed on computer tomographic images performed for a different purpose. Doppler ultrasound done afterwards then showed absence of hepatic segment of the IVC and a retro aortic right renal vein. As far as our search is concerned this is the first report of its kind in Ethiopia.
Department of Radiology, Addis Ababa University, Medical Faculty, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Getachew
G
Assefa
Yonathan
Y
Gebrewold
Tesfaye
T
Kebede
D001011:Aorta / Q000002:abnormalities*; D001401:Azygos Vein / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012082:Renal Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities*