Annals of Pediatric Cardiology (Jan 2014)

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

  • Do Thi Cam Giang,
  • Gayatri Rajeesh,
  • Balu Vaidyanathan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/0974-2069.126558
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 49 – 51

Abstract

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Absence 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.

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