Irregularity of the Left Hemidiaphragmatic Contour Caused by the Dilatated Left Inferior Phrenic Vein

Abstract

A patient with segmental narrowing of the inferior vena cava in whom the dilatated and tortuous left inferior phrenic vein was apparent on a plain chest radiogram as an irregu larity of the left hemidiaphragmatic contour is described.

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