Lengele B, Beck J N, Materne R, Dhem A
Unité d'Anatomie humaine de la Faculté de Médecine de l'Université de Louvain (UCL).
Arch Anat Histol Embryol. 1991;74:47-55.
The infrarenal part of the vena cava inferior running at the left side of the abdominal aorta has been observed in a 70 years old caucasian man without any other anomaly in the position of the abdominal viscera. This atypical vascular pattern was associated with the persistence of a rudimentary right inferior vena cava corresponding to the right supracardinal vein. The embryonic origin of this anatomical variation and its clinical importance are discussed.
