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Radiology and Imaging Technology ISSN: 2572-3235

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Alagha M, Mattar M (2018) Long Segment Aplasia of the Great Saphenous Vein Associated with Short Saphenous Vein Connection: A Case Report. Int J Radiol Imaging Technol 4:042. doi.org/10.23937/2572-3235.1510042

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© 2018 Alagha M, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

CASE REPORT | OPEN ACCESS DOI: 10.23937/2572-3235.1510042

Long Segment Aplasia of the Great Saphenous Vein Associated with Short Saphenous Vein Connection: A Case Report

Mohammed Alagha1* and Mariam Mattar2

1Department of Radiology, Al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza, Palestine

2Department of Radiology, National Cancer Institute, Cairo, Egypt

Abstract

Localised hypoplasia or aplasia of the great saphenous vein (GSV) is not uncommon, with reports primarily describing limited area of hypoplasia/aplasia around the knee. Long segment of hypoplasia/aplasia extending along the thigh and distally to lower calf is rare. We report a case of an 81-year-old lady with long segment of the GSV aplasia depicted 3 cm distal to sapheno-femoral junction (SFJ), down to 5 cm above the right ankle with direct communication with the short saphenous vein (SSV).