Azygos Vein Z Scores in Healthy Fetuses and Fetuses With Venous Malformations Related to the Azygos Vein

Conclusions—
The azygos vein Z score formulas we developed can provide a quantitative basis for prenatal screening of venous malformations related to the azygos vein. Azygos vein dilatation and an abnormal azygos vein-to-descending aorta ratio may contribute to increasing the recognition of venous malformations involving the azygos vein.

Source: Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine - November 20, 2016 Category: Radiology Authors: Wu, L.-H., Xie, H.-N., Paladini, D., Zheng, J., Du, L., Lin, M.-F. Tags: Original Research Source Type: research