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Thanks for your response Dr Sclafani, when my azygos was first treated I had large improvements, in saying this my right IJV was also ballooned, this was in August last year, I had been fine for the year up until the last month. I had a Doppler indicating restenosis of my right IJV and it wasn't un...

http://radiographics.rsna.org/content/11/2/233.full.pdf Absence of the Azygos Vein Congenital absence of the azygos vein is rare, with only two cases reported in the radiologic literature (9, 10). CT may demonstrate absence of the azygos vein, with consequent enlargement of the hemiazygos, accessor...

Thanks for your response Dr Sclafani, when my azygos was first treated I had large improvements, in saying this my right IJV was also ballooned, this was in August last year, I had been fine for the year up until the last month. I had a Doppler indicating restenosis of my right IJV and it wasn't unt...

Hi Cece, thanks for your post :) I had a venogram yesterday that found and confirmed the occlusion. Interestingly enough the surgeon said to me that if I was anyone else he would say don't worry about it there's plenty of other veins for the blood to find its way through but considering I have MS he...

Dr Sclafani, I now have an occluded azygos vein after having it ballooned for the first time last year. I was just wondering what are the implications of having an occluded azygos vein? Is it a really bad thing or will my body compensate the azygos flow elsewhere? Will it ever fix itself? Any info w...