## Abstract Lipomas of the major central veins are rare, and their sonographic features have rarely been reported. We report a case in which a lipoma of the inferior vena cava (IVC) was incidentally identified during liver sonography in a 68βyearβold man. Sonography of the upper abdomen revealed co
Sonographic diagnosis of transposition of the inferior vena cava
β Scribed by M. J. Gollub; J. P. Friedwald; D. Sceusa
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 424 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0091-2751
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β¦ Synopsis
A left-sided inferior vena cava is the most com-DISCUSSION mon anomaly of the inferior vena cava (IVC). Most cases are discovered incidentally on computed tomography'-3 or a n g i ~g r a p h y . ~
We present a case of left-sided inferior vena cava diagnosed first by Doppler ultrasonography and corroborated by computed tomography.
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