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Published online before print June 23, 2003, 10.1148/radiol.2282020411

(Radiology 2003;228:443.)

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Variations in Lower Limb Venous Anatomy: Implications for US Diagnosis of Deep Vein Thrombosis1

Daniel J. Quinlan, MBBS, Raza Alikhan, BSc, MBBS, Philip Gishen, MB, FRCR and Paul S. Sidhu, MB, FRCR

1 From the Department of Radiology, King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, England (D.J.Q., P.G., P.S.S.); and Academic Department of Surgery, Guy’s King’s and St Thomas’ School of Medicine, London, England (R.A.) From the 2000 RSNA scientific assembly. Received April 5, 2002; revision requested June 12; revision received November 10; accepted December 10. Address correspondence to D.J.Q. (e-mail: dan.quinlan@consultoberon.com).



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  		Figure 1. Illustration demonstrates variations in the formation of popliteal vein at the knee joint (A), distal to knee joint (B), and proximal to knee joint (C), as well as true duplication of the popliteal vein (D).

 


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  		Figure 2. Coronal venogram at the level of the knee demonstrates true popliteal vein duplication that corresponds to that in Figure 1, D.

 


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  		Figure 3a. Coronal venogram of the thigh in three patients illustrates anomalies of the SFV. (a) Short segment lateral duplication (arrow) of the SFV. (b) Long segment lateral duplication (arrow) of the SFV. (c) Complex venous anatomy of the SFV demonstrates three vessels at the midthigh level. Arrows indicate duplicated vessels.

 


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  		Figure 3b. Coronal venogram of the thigh in three patients illustrates anomalies of the SFV. (a) Short segment lateral duplication (arrow) of the SFV. (b) Long segment lateral duplication (arrow) of the SFV. (c) Complex venous anatomy of the SFV demonstrates three vessels at the midthigh level. Arrows indicate duplicated vessels.

 


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  		Figure 3c. Coronal venogram of the thigh in three patients illustrates anomalies of the SFV. (a) Short segment lateral duplication (arrow) of the SFV. (b) Long segment lateral duplication (arrow) of the SFV. (c) Complex venous anatomy of the SFV demonstrates three vessels at the midthigh level. Arrows indicate duplicated vessels.

 




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