A Rare Presentation of an Entrapment in a Liver Transplant Candidate Depicted by MDCT Angiography
Author(s) -
Mecit Kantarcı,
Aydın Ünal,
Selim Doğanay,
Bülent Aydınlı,
İhsan Yüce,
Kâmil Yalçın Polat
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
eurasian journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.337
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1308-8742
pISSN - 1308-8734
DOI - 10.5152/eajm.2010.26
Subject(s) - medicine , caudate lobe , budd–chiari syndrome , multidetector computed tomography , angiography , radiology , hepatic veins , inferior vena cava , nuclear medicine , computed tomography , surgery , hepatectomy , resection
Hypertrophic caudate lobe veins can mimic a normal venous configuration. In cases of multiple vascular collaterals, Doppler evaluations must be conducted, and the flow direction of these veins as well as the IVC should be evaluated. If the flow in the IVC is reversed, Budd-Chiari syndrome should be suspected; moreover, at the supra diaphragmatic level, which may be considered a blind spot, particularly for radiologists, a web should be searched for in the area where the IVC opens into the right atrium. In this study, we present the unique findings of multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) angiography for a liver transplant candidate with Budd-Chiari syndrome caused by a web in the proximal IVC.
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