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An In-Depth Review of the Azygos Vein and Its Clinical Significance.

Alexander Stolarczyk, Nazar Włodarczyk, Nicol Zielinska, Kacper Ruzik, George Triantafyllou, Maria Piagkou, Łukasz Olewnik

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Review in Biomedicines, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Alexander StolarczykDepartment of Anatomical Dissection and Donation, Medical University of Lodz, 90647 Lodz, Poland.
Nazar WłodarczykDepartment of Anatomical Dissection and Donation, Medical University of Lodz, 90647 Lodz, Poland.
Nicol ZielinskaDepartment of Clinical Anatomy, Mazovian Academy in Plock, 90402 Płock, Poland.
Kacper RuzikDepartment of Clinical Anatomy, Mazovian Academy in Plock, 90402 Płock, Poland.
George TriantafyllouDepartment of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0009-0001-0122-2436
Maria PiagkouDepartment of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-4831-8005
Łukasz OlewnikDepartment of Clinical Anatomy, Mazovian Academy in Plock, 90402 Płock, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-6414-9504

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The azygos vein is a vessel that drains deoxygenated blood from the posterior wall of the thorax and upper abdomen into the superior vena cava. It can vary morphologically in both adults and fetuses in origin, termination, diameter, course, and tributaries, especially the hemiazygos vein and accessory hemiazygos vein, which, together with the azygos vein, form the azygos venous system. The main aim of this review is to summarize the current state of knowledge regarding the azygos vein. Another aim is to present the morphological variations of the azygos vein and their clinical significance. This information may be useful to clinicians, especially surgeons. This review also provides an overview of the embryological development of the azygos venous system and the consequences of its developmental errors, as well as their relationship to certain clinical cases and pathologies.

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accessory hemiazygos veinazygos veinhemiazygos veinvariation

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