Authors: Kenji Ibukuro Takaya Takeguchi Hozumi Fukuda Shoko Abe Kimiko Tobe
Publish Date: 2016/04/11
Volume: 38, Issue: 9, Pages: 1061-1067
Abstract
We reviewed 16 patients with a rightsided round ligament and 3 polysplenia and situs inversus patients with a leftsided round ligament who underwent multidetector row CT with contrast media The patient population consisted of 13 men and 6 women mean 62 years We analyzed the axial and volumerendered images for the location of the round ligament gallbladder portal veins hepatic veins and hepatic artery The following imaging findings for the patients with polysplenia and situs inversus were horizontally reversedThe prevalence of a rightsided round ligament with and without polysplenia was 75 and 011 respectively The gallbladder was located to the right below and left of the round ligament in 277 388 and 333 respectively Independent branching of the right posterior portal vein was noted in 578 PV4 was difficult to identify in 368 The middle hepatic vein was located to the left of the round ligament Two branching patterns for the lateral and medial branches of the right anterior hepatic artery were noted the common 444 and separated types 555 Both of the right anterior hepatic artery and portal vein ramified into two segments the lateral segment with many branches and the medial segment with a few branches
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