Circumaortic doubled left brachiocephalic vein: a rare confusing variation

TOPCUOĞLU O. M., Atceken Z., ARIYÜREK O. M.

SURGICAL AND RADIOLOGIC ANATOMY, cilt.37, sa.3, ss.315-318, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 37 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s00276-014-1345-z
  • Dergi Adı: SURGICAL AND RADIOLOGIC ANATOMY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.315-318
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Left brachiocephalic vein (LBCV), one of the major veins draining upper extremity, head and neck region, has rare anatomic variations. Circumaortic type, an extremely uncommon variation, is presented here; this was incidentally detected on computed tomography images. In this case, circumaortic LBCV had two branches; one was normally placed brachiocephalic vein anterior to the aortic arch, and the other one was the anomalous branch with a retroaortic course.