Mirror-image type III complete duplication of inferior vena cava: a distinct classification subtype or a variant of an existing one?

Stanislav V. Shershnev; Шершнев Станислав Владимирович; Ekaterina I. Yudina; Юдина Екатерина Ивановна; Victor V. Ipatov; Ипатов Виктор Владимирович; Aleksey A. Semenov; Семенов Алексей Анатольевич; Valentina A. Cheprakova; Чепракова Валентина Анатольевна; Ornella D. Khugaeva; Хугаева Орнелла Джамбулатовна; Ruslan Z. Sutatov; Сутатов Руслан Заурбекович

doi:10.17816/rmmar677068

Mirror-image type III complete duplication of inferior vena cava: a distinct classification subtype or a variant of an existing one?

作者: Shershnev S.V.¹, Yudina E.I.², Ipatov V.V.³, Semenov A.A.³, Cheprakova V.A.³, Khugaeva O.D.³, Sutatov R.Z.³
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1. City Hospital No. 4 of Sochi
2. Children Hospital of Ussuriysk
3. Military Medical Academy
期: 卷 44, 编号 4 (2025)
页面: 495-502
栏目: Discussion
URL: https://journals.eco-vector.com/RMMArep/article/view/677068
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/rmmar677068
EDN: https://elibrary.ru/LZWPZR
ID: 677068

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The article presents a case of duplication of the inferior vena cava detected as an incidental finding in a 62-year-old patient who underwent computed tomography of the chest and abdomen for rectal cancer. Imaging revealed duplication of the inferior vena cava, with the left trunk exceeding both the right trunk and the aorta-crossing trunk in diameter. Both trunks were formed by anastomosing common iliac veins. Duplication of the left renal artery and vein was also noted; the lower left renal vein drained directly into the left trunk of the inferior vena cava, which then joined the upper renal vein and crossed the aorta as a single trunk before merging with the right inferior vena cava. The further course of the inferior vena cava to the right atrium was anatomically normal. The currently existing classification of inferior vena cava duplication does not provide a definitive description for the variant identified in this patient, creating difficulty in formulation of the medical conclusion. The observed anatomy most closely corresponded to Type III duplication, in which the right trunk normally exceeds the left and the aorta-crossing trunk in diameter. Based on the radiologic features and morphometric measurements of the duplicated inferior vena cava trunks, we assume that this represents a rare mirror-image anatomic variant of Type III duplication, in which the left trunk has the greatest diameter. Scientific data review revealed two additional reports describing similar duplication cases (three previously reported patients in total). In one publication this variant was suggested as a Type IV duplication, whereas in another, classification was not provided. Whether this anatomical pattern should be considered an independent Type IV duplication or a mirror-image modification of Type III remains debatable and merits discussion from an anatomical nomenclature standpoint. However, larger patient samples would be required, which is challenging owing to the rarity of the present anatomic variant.

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anatomic variant, vascular anatomy, computed tomography, contrast enhancement, inferior vena cava, renal artery, renal vein, duplication

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Stanislav Shershnev

City Hospital No. 4 of Sochi

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2. Fig. 1. Computed tomography images of the abdominal organs in the axial (a–e) and coronal (f) planes in the native phase. There are two trunks of the inferior vena cava, formed from the fusion of the iliac veins. The left trunk of the IVC continues to the left renal vein, merges with it, bypassing the aorta in front, and flows into the right trunk of the IVC, further forming a single vessel throughout its entire length.

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3. Fig. 2. Computed tomography images of the abdominal organs in the axial plane during the arterial phase of contrast enhancement from the level of the left renal vein to the confluence of the iliac arteries. Fig. b shows the confluence of the accessory renal vein into the left trunk of the NPV. Fig. c and d show the ratio of the sizes of the right and left trunks of the NPV in relation to each other and to the aorta. Fig. e and f show that both trunks of the NPV are not direct continuations of the common iliac veins, but are formed from the confluence of their existing bilateral anastomoses.

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4. Fig. 3. Computed tomography images of the abdominal organs in the axial (a–d) and coronal (e, f) planes during the venous phase of scanning. The dimensions of the common trunk of the inferior vena cava after fusion (a), the isthmus (b), the right and left trunks (c–e) are shown, as well as the anastomoses of the common iliac veins with the subsequent formation of the trunks of both inferior vena cavae (arrows) (e).

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