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Agenesis of the vena cava

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Agenesis of the vena cava is a genetic defect of the inferior vena cava. It comes about when, during development of the foetus, the right subcardinal vein does not connect as it should to the hepatic sinusoids..

Agenesis of the superior vena cava may also occur; it is very rare.

References

  1. Ben Pansky (1982). Chapter 126. Development of The Venous System: The Inferior Vena Cava. In Review of Medical Embryology. New York: Macmillan; London: Collier Macmillan.
  2. Elliot L. Chaikof, Richard P. Cambria (2014). Atlas of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy. Philadelphia: Elsevier Health Sciences. ISBN 9781455759408.
  3. De Souza, Valter Romão; Lemos, Victor Moreira Valença de; Lafayette, Daniell de Siqueira Araújo; Lemos, Roberto Souza de; Fontes, Luciana de Barros Correia; Lima, Glaydes Maria Torres de; Correia, Cláudia Wanderley de Barros; Domingues, Ana Lucia Coutinho; Aroucha, Amanda Queiroz da Mota Silveira (June 2018). "The first reported case of factor V Leiden mutation with agenesis of superior vena cava". Medicine. 97 (22): e10511. doi:10.1097/md.0000000000010511. ISSN 0025-7974. PMC 6392798. PMID 29851773.
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