All issues > Volume 34(10); 1991

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1991;34(10):1428-1432. Published online October 31, 1991.

A case of hemiazygos continuation of a left inferior vena cava.

Soo Young Cho¹, Joseph Choi¹, Chan Uhng Joo¹, Jung Soo Kim¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Chonbuk National University, Chonju, Korea

Received: February 12, 1991;  Accepted: March 23, 1991.

Abstract

Anomalies of the inferior vena cava (IVC) are often discovered incidentally during imaging studies performed for other reasons, since patients with these abnormalities are usually asymptomatic. Infrahepatic interruption of the IVC with azygos or hemiazygos continuation is an unusual anomaly of the IVC. We report a case of single left-sided IVC with hemiazygos continuation in associated with patent ductus arteriosus and left superior vena cava. We briefly review the embryology of this malformation.

Keywords :Left Inferior Vena Cava;Hemiazygos Continuation;Left Superior Vena Cava