Koutsouflianiotis Konstantinos, Paraskevas George K, Iliou Kalliopi, Noussios George
Department of Anatomy and Surgical Anatomy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Cureus. 2018 May 10;10(5):e2610. doi: 10.7759/cureus.2610.
Despite the wide-spread knowledge among anatomists and surgeons that the azygos vein lies on the right side of the vertebral column, various scientific works have been conducted which suggest the existence of left-sided azygos veins. The displacement of the vessel seems to be related with aging, due to crossover veins and the development of osteophytes on the thoracic vertebrae. The current case report confirms the variation of the azygos vein's course, highlights the awareness of the relatively unusual left-sided location of the azygos vein for the surgeon of the region, and underlines the clinical significance of such knowledge to the modern internist-radiologist, general surgeon and thoracic surgeon, as well.
尽管解剖学家和外科医生普遍知晓奇静脉位于脊柱右侧，但仍有各种科学研究表明存在左侧奇静脉。由于交叉静脉和胸椎骨赘的形成，该血管的移位似乎与衰老有关。本病例报告证实了奇静脉走行的变异，强调了该区域外科医生对奇静脉相对不寻常的左侧位置的认识，并强调了这种知识对现代内科医生 - 放射科医生、普通外科医生和胸外科医生的临床意义。
