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Double left brachiocephalic vein with a preaortic course: a rare finding

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A double left brachiocephalic vein is an uncommon anatomic variation. Among these, a accessory branch with preaortic course is extremely rare. In this case, both branches of the left brachiocephalic vein were anterior to the aortic arch. We describe the computed tomography findings with volume-rendering imaging of this rare anatomic variation.

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This work was supported by Inha University Research Grant. The study sponsor had no involvement in the conduct of the study or in the writing of the article.

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    Geum Hee Hwang, Kyung Hee Lee, Soon Gu Cho, Yong Sun Jeon, Yeo Ju Kim, Ha Young Lee & Jun Ho Kim

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GHH: data collection, data analysis, manuscript writing. KHL: project development, manuscript editing. SGC: data collection, data analysis. YSJ: project development. YJK: manuscript editing. HYL: manuscript editing. JHK: project development, data analysis, manuscript writing.

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Hwang, G.H., Lee, K.H., Cho, S.G. et al. Double left brachiocephalic vein with a preaortic course: a rare finding. Surg Radiol Anat 40, 357–360 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-018-1967-7

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