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Sonographic anatomy of the caudate lobe veins
Author(s) -
Fanney Daryl R.,
Castillo Mauricio,
Casillas Javier,
Montalvo Berta
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.1870180107
Subject(s) - medicine , anatomy , caudate lobe , ultrasonography , lobe , radiology , surgery , hepatectomy , resection
Because of their small size, the caudate lobe veins (CLV) are not routinely imaged with ultrasonography. We recently examined 4 patients with elevated central venous pressure in whom the CLV were easily identifiable. To our knowledge this is the first report of sonographic visualization of these veins. We suggest that visualization of the CLV may not be as rare as previously presumed, and based on our experience, we will propose a nomenclature system for these veins.