Radiographic features of lobar agenesis of the liver.
OBJECTIVE
Our aim was to describe the radiographic features of lobar agenesis of the liver.


METHODS
Six patients with lobar agenesis of the liver, 5 right- and one left-sided, are presented. CT was used to confirm diagnosis. Chest radiography, barium meals, and urograms were also analyzed.


RESULTS
In right-sided agenesis, the following were observed: a) hammock or U-shaped deformity of the stomach; b) colonic interposition of the diaphragm (Chilaiditi's syndrome); and c) reversal of the cranial orientation of the colonic hepatic flexure compared to the splenic flexure. The right kidney was higher in position than the left in both right- and left-sided lobar agenesis.


CONCLUSIONS
Our radiographic findings can provide a multidisciplinary approach in the identification of this anatomic anomaly.
Makanjuola
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Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
al-Smayer
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al-Orainy
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al-Saleh
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001466:Barium Sulfate; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D001466:Barium Sulfate