Double Vena Cava in Hemorrhagic Polycystic Kidney Disease Patient
Published: 2022-01-10
Page: 21-24
Issue: 2022 - Volume 5 [Issue 1]
Farrahin Sazale *
Department of Surgery, Hospital Segamat, KM 6, Jalan Genuang, 85000 Segamat, Johor, Malaysia.
Hasbillah Mazlan
Satelite CRC, Hospital Segamat, KM 6, Jalan Genuang, 85000 Segamat, Johor, Malaysia.
Norly Salleh
Department of Surgery, Hospital Segamat, KM 6, Jalan Genuang, 85000 Segamat, Johor, Malaysia and Satelite CRC, Hospital Segamat, KM 6, Jalan Genuang, 85000 Segamat, Johor, Malaysia.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Aims: We review the literature pertaining to the implications of the rare anomaly of double vena cava.
Presentation of Case: A 20 year old male treated for polycystic kidney disease went for a computed tomography (CT) renal for microscopic hematuria and incidentally noted a double inferior vena cava.
Discussion: Double inferior vena cava is a rare congenital venous anomaly. It usually does not cause any symptoms and is incidentally seen during radiological imaging such as computed tomography for other medical conditions.
Conclusion: The discovery of this rare embryological feature in a patient during retroperitoneal surgery may increase the risk of surgery and intraoperative complications.
Keywords: Inferior vena cava, congenital, kidney disease, embryology, imaging