Figure 9. Case 7. Additional vessel (purple) behind the 4-chamber view next to the aorta (red). This vessel represents an azygous or hemizygous continuation of an interrupted inferior vena cava.
the azygous muscle of the uvula.
Impact of Splenectomy Plus Porta-azygous Disconention Procedure on Hepatocarcinogenesis in the Progress of Posthepatitic Cirrhosis Patients;
Clinical control study between totally laparoscopic splenectomy plus portal-azygous disconnection and laparotomy