Accessory hemiazygos vein

Accessory hemiazygos vein
Accessory hemiazygos vein
	Diagram showing completion of development of the parietal veins (accessory hemiazygos vein visible at center-left)
	The venae cavae and azygos veins, with their tributaries
Details
Drains to	Hemiazygos vein, azygos vein
Identifiers
Latin	vena hemiazygos accessoria, ; vena azygos minor superior
TA98	A12.3.07.005
TA2	4758
FMA	5011
	Anatomical terminology

The accessory hemiazygos vein, also called the superior hemiazygous vein,^[1] is a vein on the left side of the vertebral column that generally drains the fourth through eighth intercostal spaces on the left side of the body.^[2]

^ Blackmon JM, Franco A (July 2011). "Normal variants of the accessory hemiazygos vein". The British Journal of Radiology. 84 (1003): 659–60. doi:10.1259/bjr/13695502. PMC 3473485. PMID 21697414.
^ Dahran N, Soames R (September 2016). "Anatomical Variations of the Azygos Venous System: Classification and Clinical Relevance". International Journal of Morphology. 34 (3): 1128–36. doi:10.4067/S0717-95022016000300051.

[1] Blackmon JM, Franco A (July 2011). "Normal variants of the accessory hemiazygos vein". The British Journal of Radiology. 84 (1003): 659–60. doi:10.1259/bjr/13695502. PMC 3473485. PMID 21697414.

[2] Dahran N, Soames R (September 2016). "Anatomical Variations of the Azygos Venous System: Classification and Clinical Relevance". International Journal of Morphology. 34 (3): 1128–36. doi:10.4067/S0717-95022016000300051.

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