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Among the branches of the inferior vena cava, the adrenal veins are the most recently investigated radiologically. Masoni in 1957 performed the first catheterization of the right adrenal vein for biologic purposes. Subsequently, the first attempts at adrenal venography reported by Bucht and by Starer were often unsuccessful or entailed complications. In 1967, finally, the works of Mikaelson and of Reuter placed this technique among the various radiologic methods for the exploration of the adrenal glands. The anatomy of the adrenal veins is suitable for an investigation with twofold purpose: venous opacification allows the size and contours of the veins and the internal morphology of the adrenal glands to be appreciated, while withdrawal of blood samples permits separate measurements of hormone concentration.
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Chermet, J., Bigot, JM. (1980). Adrenal Venography. In: Venography of the Inferior Vena Cava and Its Branches. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67579-9_10
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