title: Pseudotumorous enlargement of the paracaval portion of the caudate lobe: a report of two cases with CT and MR appearance.
abstract: The computed tomographic (CT) and magnetic resonance appearance of pseudotumorous enlargement of the paracaval portion (PCP) of the caudate lobe of the liver are presented in two cirrhotic patients. The enlarged PCP was hyperattenuated on precontrast CT and hyperintense on T1-weighted images. The middle and right hepatic veins were displaced around the PCP. The presence of a portal vein branch penetrating the center of the enlarged PCP was important to distinguish it from other hepatic masses in the two patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohtomo
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsuoka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Amo
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Minami
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kawauchi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sasaki
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000368:Aged; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D006503:Hepatic Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008115:Liver Regeneration; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media