The inferior vena cava: anatomical variants and acquired pathologies

The inferior vena cava (IVC) is the largest vein in the body, draining blood from the abdomen, pelvis and lower extremities. This pictorial review summarises normal anatomy and embryological development of the IVC. In addition, we highlight a wide range of anatomical variants, acquired pathologies a...

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Autores principales: Li, Simon J., Lee, Jean, Hall, Jonathan, Sutherland, Tom R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2021
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Educational Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8405820/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34460015
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13244-021-01066-7
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description The inferior vena cava (IVC) is the largest vein in the body, draining blood from the abdomen, pelvis and lower extremities. This pictorial review summarises normal anatomy and embryological development of the IVC. In addition, we highlight a wide range of anatomical variants, acquired pathologies and a common pitfall in imaging of the IVC. This information is essential for clinical decision making and to reduce misdiagnosis.
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spelling pubmed-84058202021-09-16 The inferior vena cava: anatomical variants and acquired pathologies Li, Simon J. Lee, Jean Hall, Jonathan Sutherland, Tom R. Insights Imaging Educational Review The inferior vena cava (IVC) is the largest vein in the body, draining blood from the abdomen, pelvis and lower extremities. This pictorial review summarises normal anatomy and embryological development of the IVC. In addition, we highlight a wide range of anatomical variants, acquired pathologies and a common pitfall in imaging of the IVC. This information is essential for clinical decision making and to reduce misdiagnosis. Springer International Publishing 2021-08-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8405820/ /pubmed/34460015 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13244-021-01066-7 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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