Pericardial varices secondary to portal hypertension demonstrated by CT.
Pericardial varices are rarely seen on CT and can be misinterpreted as mediastinal masses or lymph nodes. We report a case of a 38-year-old man who presented for routine liver transplant evaluation. On high-resolution computed tomography (CT), a cluster of varices was seen in the left cardiophrenic angle.
Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Anna
A
Meyerson
Silaja
S
Yitta
Abraham H
AH
Dachman
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000150:complications*; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D035583:Rare Diseases; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*