|
|
||||||||
|
The following table or figure may be downloaded to PowerPoint for personal use in teaching and presentations. This feature is available to all subscribers to the journal. You MUST read and follow the guidelines at Request to Reproduce AJR Content if you are distributing or using AJR content beyond academic use (limited distribution, non-revenue producing, or educational purposes). (Downloading may take up to 30 seconds.
If the slide opens in your browser, select File -> Save As to save it.)

Fig. 2B. 89-year-old woman with flattened inferior vena cava at first
three of four levels and normal blood pressure. Patient was imaged for
epigastric pain and was found to have sigmoid diverticulitis. Craniocaudal
extent of flattened inferior vena cava was approximately 10 cm. CT scan at
level just below renal veins shows flattened inferior vena cava
(arrows), with ratio of maximal transverse
(3.6-cm)-to-anteroposterior (0.6-cm) dimension of 6:1.
![]()
Return to article
HOME
HELP
FEEDBACK
SUBSCRIPTIONS
ARCHIVE
SEARCH
TABLE OF CONTENTS