RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Lumbar azygos vein producing an azygos lobe in the right lung
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 471
OP 473
VO 23
IS 4
A1 Saeed, Muhammad
A1 Rufai, Amin A.
A1 Osman El-Sayad, Salah E.
YR 2002
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/23/4/471.abstract
AB The continuation of the azygos vein with the inferior vena cava and a well demarcated azygos lobe of the right lung were detected during routine dissection of a 65-years-old white male cadaver. The azygos arch was found dilated and malpositioned to create an aberrant azygos fissure in the right superior lobe which, was occupied by a fold of parietal pleura. The developmental and clinical significance of the azygos lobe is discussed.