Corset Liver

We describe four patients with a benign hepatic malformation most consistent with the rarely described anomaly known as corset liver. Three of these patients were extensively evaluated to rule out a malignancy because of an abdominal mass. These patients illustrate several features which may help in...

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Veröffentlicht in:	J. Clin. Gastroenterol.; (United States) 1985-08, Vol.7 (4), p.361-368
Hauptverfasser:	Philips, David M, LaBrecque, Douglas R, Shirazi, Siroos S
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	550601 - Medicine- Unsealed Radionuclides in Diagnostics Age Factors Aged BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES Biological and medical sciences BODY COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY DIAGNOSIS DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES DIGESTIVE SYSTEM EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY Female Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen GLANDS HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES Humans INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI ISOMERIC NUCLEI ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES ISOTOPES Laparotomy LIVER Liver - abnormalities Liver - diagnostic imaging Liver - pathology Liver. Biliary tract. Portal circulation. Exocrine pancreas MALFORMATIONS Medical sciences NUCLEI ODD-EVEN NUCLEI ORGANS PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES RADIOISOTOPES RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE SPLEEN Spleen - diagnostic imaging Technetium TECHNETIUM 99 TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES TOMOGRAPHY Tomography, Emission-Computed ULTRASONOGRAPHY YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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Zusammenfassung:	We describe four patients with a benign hepatic malformation most consistent with the rarely described anomaly known as corset liver. Three of these patients were extensively evaluated to rule out a malignancy because of an abdominal mass. These patients illustrate several features which may help in making the diagnosis and avoiding unnecessary surgery.
ISSN:	0192-0790 1539-2031
DOI:	10.1097/00004836-198508000-00019