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ArticleJournal of surgical case reports2023

Duplicated inferior vena cava-trifurcated portal vein: a rare anatomical variation encountered during Whipple procedure.

Dimosthenis Chrysikos, Spiros Delis, Dimitra Smerdi, Eugenia Charitaki, Eirini Solia, Theodore Troupis

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Dimosthenis ChrysikosDepartment of Anatomy, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 15772, Greece.
Spiros DelisDepartment of General Surgery, Konstantopoulio General Hospital, Athens 14233, Greece.
Dimitra SmerdiDepartment of Anatomy, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 15772, Greece.
Eugenia CharitakiDepartment of General Surgery, Konstantopoulio General Hospital, Athens 14233, Greece.
Eirini SoliaDepartment of Anatomy, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 15772, Greece.
Theodore TroupisDepartment of Anatomy, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 15772, Greece.

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Abstract

The inferior vena cava (IVC) is the largest single vein in humans. However, during embryogenesis, abnormalities can occur resulting in a duplicated IVC. The portal vein (PV) offers the main blood flood to the liver, forming by the left and right PV. A number of anatomical variations are noticed, underlying the great importance of the pre-operative imaging workup. This case report presents a duplicated IVC and a trifucated PV that were incidentally found in an 82 year-old Caucasian male with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma who underwent pancreatoduodenectomy (Whipple procedure). Although some anatomical variations, including the duplication of the IVC and the trifurcation of PV, may be rare to the general population, the suspicion of their existence should always be taken under consideration from surgeons during hepatobiliary or retroperitoneal operations.

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anatomical variationsduplicated inferior vena cavainferior vena cavatrifurcation portal vein

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PMCPMC9880140

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