title: Radiographic features of lobar agenesis of the liver.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Makanjuola
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: al-Smayer
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: al-Orainy
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: al-Saleh
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D001466:Barium Sulfate