01 June 2021>: Articles
Blunt Abdominal Trauma Leading to an Incidental Finding of Duplicate Inferior Vena Cava (DIVC): A Case Report and Literature Review
Congenital defects / diseases
Mamoun Nabri A* , Norah J. Alromaih B , Sharifah A. Othman B , Elham S. Alghusnah B , Hossain Abu Al Ola E , Adel Elbagir E , Ayman O. Nasr EDOI: 10.12659/AJCR.929198
Am J Case Rep 2021; 22:e929198
Table 1. Reports of double IVC (2004–2020).
Study | Number of cases | Sex | Diameter | Termination of LIVC | Additional anomalies |
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Tore et al []9 | 2 | 1M, 1F | R>L other case NA | Joining of LIVC with left renal vein forming a common trunk crossing the midline | NA |
Ng et al []10 | 3 | 2M, 1F | NA | One at the renal level into the right IVC Two drained into the renal veins | NA |
Chen et al []4 | 1 | 1F | R20 mmL9 mm | Drained into the left renal vein | Incomplete duplicated right ovarian vein |
Sakai et al []11 | 1 | 1F | NA | NA | NA |
Tamizifar et al []3 | 1 | 1F | NA | Drained into the left renal vein | NA |
Wang et al []12 | 1 | 1M | NA | Joined the right IVC at L1 | NA |
Coco et al []13 | 1 | 1F | NA | Drained into left renal vein | Left renal vein retro aortic, IVC azygous continuation, and hepatic segment of IVC draining into the right renal vein |
Chaijaroonkhanarak et al []8 | 1 | 1F | L 0.68 cmR 1.4 cm | Drained into left renal vein | Venous shunts (shunt between left IVC and left common iliac vein) (2 shunts between right and the left IVC) |
Chentanez et al []1 | 1 | 1M | R 16.73 mm, L 21.57 mm | Terminated at the right IVC | Interiliac venous communication alongside a superior mesenteric artery giving rise to an aberrant common hepatic artery |
Sahin et al []14 | 1 | 1F | NA | Continued as hemizygous vein | Intrahepatic interruption and venous shunt, and continuation of hemizygous vein |
Matsuoka et al []16 | 2 | 2F | NA | NA | An interiliac communication was described in the second case between the left IVC and right common iliac vein |
Ito et al []15 | 1 | 1F | R 15.1 mmL 10.8 mm | Drained into left renal vein forming a pre-aortic common trunk | Right and left IVCs connected thru an interiliac vein positioned at the level of aortic bifurcation |
M – Male; F – Female; NA – not answered; R – right; L – left; IVC – inferior vena cava; mm – millimeters. |