Liver, Biliary tree and gallbladder Flashcards
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current method of choice for most hepatic imaging
dynamic bolus contrast-enhanced MDCT
imaging used to characterize cavernous hemangiomas and focal nodular hyperplasia
radionuclide imaging
2/3 of hepatic blood supply comes from
portal vein
maximum enhancement of the liver parenchyma occurs at
60 to 120 seconds following hepatic arterial enhancement
2 major classes of gadolinium used in hepatic imaging
extracellular agents such as gadopentetate dimeglumine (magnevist) and liver specific contrast agent such as gadoxetate disodium (eovist)
imaging that is very useful for definitive diagnosis of cavernous hemangioma
radionuclide blood pool imaging
3 longitudinal plane landmarks of surgical liver segments
middle hepatic vein, IVC, gallbladder fossa
divides the right liver lobe in anterior and posterior segments
right hepatic vein
anterior segments of right liver lobe
segment 5 and 8
posterior segments of right liver lobe
segment 6 and 7
divides the left liver lobe into medial and lateral segments
left hepatic vein
divides the left liver lobe into superior and inferior segments
left portal vein
divides the right liver lobe into superior and inferior segments
right portal vein
segment 1 of liver is the _____ which extends between the fissuer of the ligamentum venosum and IVC
caudate lobe
hepatic venous drainage from caudate lobe is directly into the
IVC via small veins
difference of THADs or THIDs (transient hepatic attenuation differences) from true parenchymal abnormality
no associated mass effect, vessels traverse them without distortion, underlying liver parenchyma is preserved
“third inflow” of portal venous flow are from systemic veins in the
pericholecystic, parabiliary, epigastric-paraumbilical venous systems
hepatic arterial flow may be increased by
hypervascular tumors, arterioportal shunting, inflammation of adjacent orgas, aberrants hepatic arterial supply
normal liver length
15.5 cm
liver length is measured in
midclavicular line
normal variant of hepatic shape found most in women. refers to an elongated inferior tip of right liver lobe
Reidel lobe
most common abnormality demonstrated by hepatic imaging
fatty liver
includes a continuum of liver disease that extends from simple fatty liver through nonalcoholic steatohepatitis to cirrhosis
nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
at risk for NASH include
those with type 2 DM, metabolic syndrome