Caso radiológico: Lobo da Veia Ázigos

• Author(s): Freitas, A.C. ; Barbosa, T. ; Macedo, F.
• Date: 2013
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.16/1573
• Origin: Repositório Científico do Centro Hospitalar do Porto
• Subject(s): Azygos fissure; azygos lobe
• Document Type: Article
• Language: Portuguese

Description

We present a case of a 6-year-old child in whom a chest x-ray is performed for a respiratory infection. An inverted comma opacity was seen in the right upper lobe, typical of an azygos fissure. This is one of the numerous anatomic variants of the azygos vein.