A Surgical Integration Technique for Right-Sided and Left-Sided Superior Venae Cavae

Right-sided vs left-sided colorectal cancer.

AV In the analysis of the Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB)/SWOG 80405 trial that we presented at the 2016 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), we defined right-sided colon cancer as cancer of the cecum and the ascending colon up to the hepatic flexure. Left-sided colon cancer comprises cancer of the splenic flexure and cancer in regions distal to the splenic fl...

Laterality: Right-Sided and Left-Sided Colon Cancer

Colorectal cancer (CRC) can be characterized by the location of the primary tumor being within the colon [1]. Right-sided colon cancer (RCC) is derived from the embryologic midgut, including the proximal two-thirds of the transverse colon, ascending colon, and cecum. Left-sided colon cancer (LCC) is derived from the embryologic hindgut, which includes the distal third of the transverse colon, s...

Left-sided pneumoperitoneum and right pneumothorax.

The left-sided superior vena cava.

Abnormalities of the main systemic and pulmonary veins are arousing increasing interest. The object of this paper is to review our experience of 46 cases of the left-sided superior vena cava, including 4 examples of the much rarer condition where the inferior vena cava is absent. We wish also to discuss the type of cases in which these occur and their clinical significance. Abnormal drainage of...

Bilateral Superior Venae Cavae With Crisscross Atrial Drainage.

To the Editor: We read with great interest the article by Tripathi and colleagues that reported the anomalous connection of the right superior vena cava (RSVC) to the left atrium (LA) and the left superior vena cava (LSVC) draining into the right atrium via the coronary sinus in a patient with sick sinus syndrome. It is an extremely rare anomaly. The authors diagnosed the patient as having an “...