Sl. No. |
Name of author and year |
No. of cases |
Sex |
Comparison of size of two IVCs. (Ventral = V Dorsal = D) |
Level of confluence of the two IVCs from renal veins confluence |
Drainage site of right gonadal vein |
Remarks |
1 |
Doyle et al., 1992 [19] |
1 |
M |
V > D |
At the level of renal veins |
NA |
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2 |
Meyer et al., 1998 [20] |
1 |
NA |
V > D |
Caudal to renal veins |
NA |
Spiral CT |
3 |
Nagashima et al., 2006[22] |
5 |
M-2 F-3 |
V > D – 3 V < D – 1 V = D -1 |
Caudal to renal veins |
V.IVC – 4 IVC -1 |
CT. Left common iliac vein continued as Ventral IVC crossing ventral to aortic bifurcation or right common iliac artery. Right common iliac vein continued as Dorsal IVC. No interiliac communication. |
4 |
Senecail et al., 2004 [21] |
1 |
F |
V < D |
Caudal |
V.IVC |
CT. VIVC continuation of LCIV. DIVC formed by RCIV with an anastomotic branch from LCIV |
5 |
Tagliafico et al., 2007 [18] |
1 |
M |
V < D |
Caudal to renal veins |
V.IVC |
US, CT. Venous ring encircling right common iliac artery. |
6 |
Ng and Ng, 2009 [23] |
1 |
F |
NA |
At renal veins level |
NA |
US, MRI. Left common iliac vein passed behind aorta and ascended as double IVC. |
7 |
Gong et al., 2011 [24] |
1 |
F |
NA |
Midsegment duplication |
NA |
Partial right double IVC with circumcaval ureter |
8 |
Present Case, 2013 |
1 |
F |
V > D |
Caudal to renal veins |
V.IVC |
Ventral IVC showing Preaortic iliac venous confluence; Dorsal IVC continuation of right external iliac vein |