Hepatic segments II and III mimicking a lung mass: diagnosis of a normal variant using reformatted multiplanar CT images.
We describe a patient misinterpreted to have a lung mass on CT owing to extension of hepatic segments II and III between the diaphragm and spleen. This report underscores the importance of being aware of this normal anatomic variant and the utility of two-dimensional multiplanar reformation in interpretation of abnormalities in the region of the thoracoabdominal junction.
Ham
Sooyoun
S
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Ulan University Hospital, Ulan, South Korea.
Gladish
Gregory W
GW
Erasmus
Jeremy J
JJ
D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D001261:Pulmonary Atelectasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed