Incidental finding of intrathoracic caudate lobe of the liver associated with an arterovenous malformation

Radiology Case Reports

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Francesca D'Errico¹  Mario Laudazi¹  Maria Pitaro¹  Aniello Pietropaolo¹  Pasquale Paoloantonio¹  Francesco Garaci¹  Roberto Floris¹  Marcello Chiocchi¹ 

[1] Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology, University of Tor Vergata

关键词: Caudate lobe;    Mediastinal mass;    Ectopic liver;    Intrathoracic mass;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.radcr.2022.12.008

学科分类：生物化学工程

来源: University of Washington * Department of Radiology

【 摘 要 】

In this case report we describe an occasional finding of intrathoracic caudate lobe protruding through the diaphragm foramen in a 73-year-old woman who came to our attention for a screening for coronary artery disease, due to the presence of cardiovascular risk. The patient had no symptoms. The computed tomography showed, a circumscribed homogeneous soft tissue mass that protruding through the aortic diaphragmatic foramen that was as isodense as the liver. Moreover was revealed an abnormal artery emerging from the celiac tripod which, through the diaphragmatic foramen, ends in an inferior pulmonary vein creating an arteriovenous malformation.

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