Variation of Internal Mammary Vessels: Vein Lateral to Artery: Two Cases

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Congenital variations of the internal mammary vascular anatomy are rare and may be encountered during various percutaneous transthoracic procedures. Hereby, we present two cases of congenital variations of the internal mammary vessel incidentally found on CT, with the vein entirely or partially lying lateral to the artery in the first intercostals space. The imaging findings and the clinical implications of these rare anatomical variations are being presented.

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