Persistent right umbilical vein

Hector Quiroga, MD.

Centro Médico Profesional Rosancar. Barquisimeto, Estado Lara, Venezuela.

Case report

This is a case of a 18-year-old patient who was referred to our department at 23 weeks of pregnancy for a routine ultrasound scan. The ultrasound revealed a right persistent umbilical vein. No other associated anomalies were detected.

Images 1-5: Images show the persistent right umbilical vein which runs to the right of the gallbladder and is curved towards the stomach.

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Video 1: The persistent right umbilical vein.

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