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- Title
Unusual Drainage of the Bifurcated Left Renal Vein Into a Dilated Lumbar Azygos Vein and Inferior Vena Cava.
- Authors
Bialek, Ewa J.; Malkowski, Bogdan
- Abstract
We report a unique case of unusual drainage of the bifurcated retroaortic left renal vein, with the cranial wider branch draining into a dilated lumbar azygos vein and caudal thinner branch connecting with the inferior vena cava. The right renal vein was duplicated. The anomaly was discovered on multimodal 18F-labeled fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography performed for oncological purposes. The basis enabling occurrence of such variation was probably persistent developmental extra left–right venous connections, intercardinal, or intersupracardinal, depending on the theory. The embryology of the chest and abdominal veins is a complicated process and there is no unanimity concerning its concepts. The old models are currently being questioned and reevaluated. Knowledge of possible variants of renal and azygos veins course is important from clinical, imaging, and surgical points of view. The retroaortic left renal veins course may sometimes cause pain, hematuria, proteinuria, and pelvic congestion syndromes. Dilated parts of uncommonly located veins, because of assuming a nodular shape on transverse images, may be mistaken for abnormal lymph nodes, other tumors or aneurysms on imaging. During a variety of surgical procedures, including venous sampling, renal transplantation, or any retroperitoneal surgery, knowledge of an aberrant venous course may be important for the success of the procedure and may be crucial even earlier during the qualification process.
- Subjects
PROTEINURIA; HEMATURIA; AZYGOS vein; DEOXY sugars; LUMBAR vertebrae; PELVIC inflammatory disease; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; POSITRON emission tomography; VENA cava inferior; RENAL veins; MEDICAL drainage; DISEASE risk factors
- Publication
Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, 2019, Vol 53, Issue 7, p585
- ISSN
1538-5744
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1538574419858465