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Intravenous reflux into the azygos vein and the inferior vena cava to the level of the hepatic venous system (Figure 2) was seen.
1,2) From the cisterna chyli, it ascends into the chest through the aortic hiatus, along the right side of the aorta, and continues posterior to the esophagus in the posterior mediastinum between the aorta and the azygos vein.
In case of persistent left IVC, possible routes for the return of blood to the right atrium are via the azygos vein to the SVC, via the hemiazygos vein to persistent left SVC or via the left brachiocephalic vein to right SVC (4).
 
 
 
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