Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus II: Cardiovascular System

Thoracic Duct Variant; Drainage into the Right Subclavian and Retroesophageal Right Subclavian Artery.

Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD
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a= esophagus, b= trachea, c= right primary bronchus, d= left primary bronchus, e= pericardial sac, f= line indicating site of adherence of the pericardium to the diaphragm, g= inferior vena cave, h= superior vena cave, i= azygos vein, k= right brachiocephalic vein, l= right internal jugular vein, m= right subclavian vein, n= right external jugular vein, o= left internal jugular vein, p= left subclavian vein, q= left external jugular vein, I= branches of the right pulmonary artery, s= branches of the left pulmonary artery, t,u= right and left pulmonary vein, v= aortic arch at its posterior extremity, x,y= common carotid artery, z= left subclavian artery, &= vertebral artery branch of left subclavian; 1= right subclavian artery, 2= dilated conus at origin of right subclavian artery, 3= descending (thoracic) artery, 4= thoracic duct, 5= arch of thoracic duct, 6= division of duct into two branches, 7= minor branch of thoracic duct, 8= major branch of thoracic duct, small thoracic duct on the left side.

from Calori, L. Sopra um caso d'inversione dei condotti toracici accompagnato da inverse origine dell'arteria succlavia destra e sulfa gnesi delle due anomalie. Mem R. Accad. Sci. Istituto di Bologna, S.5, 1:189-196, 1890.

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