Case Reports
10 February 2016
Vol. 65 No. 4 (2006): Pulmonary series
https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2006.555

Isolated interrupted inferior vena cava with azygos continuation mimicking paraesophageal lymph node enlargement

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Azygos vein, vascular anomaly, mimicking lymph node
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U. Yılmaz
drufukyilmaz@e-kolay.net
Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Suat Seren Chest Disease and Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Türkiye.
H. Halilcolar
Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Suat Seren Chest Disease and Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Türkiye.
I. Unsal
Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Suat Seren Chest Disease and Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Türkiye.
S. Yapıcıoglu
Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Suat Seren Chest Disease and Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Türkiye.
Y. Yıldırım
Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Suat Seren Chest Disease and Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Türkiye.
M. Apaydın
Division of Radiology, Suat Seren Chest Disease and Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Türkiye.
We report a case of interrupted inferior vena cava with azygos continuation diagnosed as a isolated finding in a patient with lung carcinoma. Findings of the unopacified CT scan initially simulated a paraesophageal lymphadenopathy. The contrast - enhanced spiral CT scan showed a dilated azygos vein in the absence of definable inferior vena cava.

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“Isolated Interrupted Inferior Vena Cava With Azygos Continuation Mimicking Paraesophageal Lymph Node Enlargement”. 2016. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 65 (4). https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2006.555.