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An interrupted inferior vena cava in a situs inversus: a case report and review of the literature
Situs inversus with interrupted inferior vena cava is an uncommon anatomic
variant found in the abdominal and thoracic viscera. In this report, we present
a 59-year-old woman with this variation, found during gross anatomical dissection.
While this type of variation has been variable, in the present case the
hepatic veins drained directly into a very short (2.2 cm) inferior vena cava. The
infrarenal component of the inferior vena cava was present and drained into
the azygos and hemiazygos veins. Clinical considerations of this variant anatomy
are of interest, as they may present in patients as pathology on cross sectional
imaging