Incidental finding of intrathoracic caudate lobe of the liver associated with an arterovenous malformation

Francesca D'Errico, MD; Mario Laudazi, MD; Maria Pitaro, MD; Aniello Pietropaolo, MD; Pasquale Paoloantonio, MD, PhD; Francesco Garaci, MD, PhD; Roberto Floris, MD, PhD; Marcello Chiocchi, MD, PhD

Radiology Case Reports (Mar 2023)

Incidental finding of intrathoracic caudate lobe of the liver associated with an arterovenous malformation

Francesca D'Errico, MD,
Mario Laudazi, MD,
Maria Pitaro, MD,
Aniello Pietropaolo, MD,
Pasquale Paoloantonio, MD, PhD,
Francesco Garaci, MD, PhD,
Roberto Floris, MD, PhD,
Marcello Chiocchi, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Francesca D'Errico, MD: Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology, University of Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford, 81, Rome 00133, Italy; Corresponding author.
Mario Laudazi, MD: Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology, University of Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford, 81, Rome 00133, Italy
Maria Pitaro, MD: Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology, University of Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford, 81, Rome 00133, Italy
Aniello Pietropaolo, MD: Villa Salaria Hospital, Via Aurelia, 860, 00165 Rome, Italy
Pasquale Paoloantonio, MD, PhD: Azienda Ospedaliera San Giovanni Addolorata, 00184 Rome, Italy
Francesco Garaci, MD, PhD: Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology, University of Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford, 81, Rome 00133, Italy
Roberto Floris, MD, PhD: Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology, University of Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford, 81, Rome 00133, Italy
Marcello Chiocchi, MD, PhD: Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology, University of Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford, 81, Rome 00133, Italy

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 18, no. 3
pp. 1186 – 1189

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In this case report we describe an occasional finding of intrathoracic caudate lobe protruding through the diaphragm foramen in a 73-year-old woman who came to our attention for a screening for coronary artery disease, due to the presence of cardiovascular risk. The patient had no symptoms. The computed tomography showed, a circumscribed homogeneous soft tissue mass that protruding through the aortic diaphragmatic foramen that was as isodense as the liver. Moreover was revealed an abnormal artery emerging from the celiac tripod which, through the diaphragmatic foramen, ends in an inferior pulmonary vein creating an arteriovenous malformation.

Published in Radiology Case Reports

ISSN: 1930-0433 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
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