Riedel's lobe of the liver evaluated by multiple imaging modalities.
An 81-year-old Japanese woman visited our hospital because of abdominal discomfort. Physical examination revealed that she had an abdominal mass. A combination of ultrasonography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and hepatic asialoglycoprotein scintigraphy was utilized to make a diagnosis. We found that she had a downward elongated hepatic lobe or Riedel's lobe which did not appear to be common in our district. The prevalence of Riedel's lobe in the Asian population has not been studied. Furthermore, this is the first report that describes the MRI and hepatic asialoglycoprotein scintigraphy features of Riedel's lobe of the liver.
Yano
K
K
Department of Gastroenterology, Japanese Red Cross, Nagasaki Genbaku Hospital.
Ohtsubo
M
M
Mizota
T
T
Kato
H
H
Hayashida
Y
Y
Morita
S
S
Furukawa
R
R
Hayakawa
A
A
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000150:complications; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin; C070561:technetium Tc 99m DTPA-galactosyl-human serum albumin; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate