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Lateral thoracic vein

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]



The lateral thoracic vein is a tributary of the axillary vein.

Normally, the thoracoepigastric vein exists between this vein and superficial epigastric vein (a tributary of femoral vein).


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