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Figure 2 Diagram showing the three main collateral pathways in obstruction or agenesis of the vena cava inferior. (A) Vertebrolumbar pathway. (B) Anterior abdominal wall pathway. (C) Transumbilical portocaval pathway. Adapted from Gorenstein and colleagues.1
