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Left brachiocephalic vein (LBCV), one of the major veins draining upper extremity, head and neck region, has rare anatomic variations. Circumaortic type, an extremely uncommon variation, is presented here; this was incidentally detected on computed tomography images. In this case, circumaortic LBCV had two branches; one was normally placed brachiocephalic vein anterior to the aortic arch, and the other one was the anomalous branch with a retroaortic course.
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Topcuoglu, O.M., Atceken, Z. & Ariyurek, O.M. Circumaortic doubled left brachiocephalic vein: a rare confusing variation. Surg Radiol Anat 37, 315–318 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-014-1345-z
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