In the cadaver of an 86 year old man the inferior segment of the azygos vein could not be found. Furthermore, a normally developed hemiazygos vein drained the right and left intercostal veins from T 10 to T 6. This vessel finally curved towards the right to reach the superior vena cava after having drained the right superior intercostal veins. The left superior intercostal vein ended in a short vessel draining into the left brachiocephalic vein. This condition may be represented in a standard chest radiograph by the so-called ''aortic nipple''. Agenesis of the azygos vein, suspected because of the presence of this radiological sign, should be confirmed in the living by means of computerized tomography. This can clarify the anatomy of the mediastinal vessels precisely. Embryological pattern of the azygos system accounting for its possible defects is discussed.

Partial agenesis of the azygos vein: a case report / Caggiati, Alberto; Barberini, Fabrizio. - In: ANNALS OF ANATOMY. - ISSN 0940-9602. - 178:3(1996), pp. 273-275. [10.1016/s0940-9602(96)80066-5]

Partial agenesis of the azygos vein: a case report

CAGGIATI, Alberto;BARBERINI, Fabrizio
1996

Abstract

In the cadaver of an 86 year old man the inferior segment of the azygos vein could not be found. Furthermore, a normally developed hemiazygos vein drained the right and left intercostal veins from T 10 to T 6. This vessel finally curved towards the right to reach the superior vena cava after having drained the right superior intercostal veins. The left superior intercostal vein ended in a short vessel draining into the left brachiocephalic vein. This condition may be represented in a standard chest radiograph by the so-called ''aortic nipple''. Agenesis of the azygos vein, suspected because of the presence of this radiological sign, should be confirmed in the living by means of computerized tomography. This can clarify the anatomy of the mediastinal vessels precisely. Embryological pattern of the azygos system accounting for its possible defects is discussed.
1996
azygos vein; computerized tomography; embryology
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Partial agenesis of the azygos vein: a case report / Caggiati, Alberto; Barberini, Fabrizio. - In: ANNALS OF ANATOMY. - ISSN 0940-9602. - 178:3(1996), pp. 273-275. [10.1016/s0940-9602(96)80066-5]
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