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Ann Thorac Surg 1996;62:566-568
© 1996 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Report

Absent Right Superior Vena Cava With Hypoplastic Proximal Inferior Vena Cava

H. Cem Alhan, MD, Ilyas Kayacioglu, MD, Gülsah Tayyareci, MD, Cantürk Çakalagaoglu, MD, Mustafa Idiz, MD, Sümer Tarcan, MD, Besim Yigiter, MD

Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Center, Istanbul, Turkey

Accepted for publication February 21, 1996.

We describe the precise preoperative diagnosis of a very rare anomaly that comprises absence of the right superior vena cava, persistence of the left superior vena cava, and proximal hypoplasia of the inferior vena cava draining into the left superior vena cava via the hemiazygos vein associated with a large atrial septal defect and tricuspid regurgitation.






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