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Prenatal diagnosis of isolated interrupted inferior vena cava with azygos continuation to superior vena cava

Publisher : Annals of Pediatric Cardiology

Campus : Kochi

School : School of Medicine

Department : Paediatric Cardiology

Year : 2014

Abstract : pAbsence of inferior vena cava is an uncommon congenital abnormality. It is usually associated with other structural anomalies, typically left isomerism. We report a case of interrupted inferior vena cava with azygos continuation diagnosed as an isolated finding during routine prenatal ultrasound scan, confirmed by post-natal echocardiography. Detailed ultrasound examination of the fetal anatomy failed to demonstrate other anomalies. The neonatal course of this fetus was uneventful./p

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