"Aorta-in-Aorta" Sign on Chest Radiograph Representing Enlarged Left Superior Intercostal and Hemiazygos Veins.
10.3348/jkrs.2002.46.6.551
- Author:
Yon Mi SUNG
1
;
Kyung Soo LEE
;
Tae Sung KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea. kslee@smc.samsung.co.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Venae cavae, abnormalities;
Venae cavae, stenosis or obstruction
- MeSH:
Aorta, Thoracic;
Humans;
Radiography;
Radiography, Thoracic*;
Thorax*;
Veins*;
Vena Cava, Inferior
- From:Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
2002;46(6):551-554
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
We recently encountered a patient with membranous obstruction of the inferior vena cava in whom the left superior intercostal and hemiazygos veins were dilated. At chest radiography, the dilation simulated the presence of a second aortic knob and descending thoracic aorta lateral to the originals, and an "aorta-in-aorta" appearance was thus created.
