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azygos continuation of interrupted IVC


  • IVC interrupted
    • hepatic portion absent
    • joins azygos or hemiazygos

  • hepatic veins empty directly into RA

  • associated with polysplenia/asplenia(rarely), dextrocardia, situs anomalies


Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD  -  2 February 1995
Last updated:  1 October 2013


 

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