TY - JOUR
T1 - Intrathoracic Accessory Lobe of Liver Masquerading as a Paraesophageal Mass
AU - Ball, Christopher
AU - Wachsmann, Jason Wayne
PY - 2017/2/3
Y1 - 2017/2/3
N2 - ABSTRACT: Heterotopic liver tissue is a relatively rare finding, which has historically been discovered incidentally during surgery or at autopsy. However, we present a 28-year-old woman who presented to the emergency department with shortness of breath and stabbing chest pain. An emergent CT angiogram of the chest was performed, which incidentally revealed a mediastinal paraesophageal mass. Subsequent endoscopic ultrasound showed a hypoechoic area that appeared to connect to the liver. A liver/spleen scan with SPECT/CT with Tc sulfur colloid demonstrated that the mass was paraesophageal heterotopic liver tissue with a connection to the orthotropic liver by a small stalk.
AB - ABSTRACT: Heterotopic liver tissue is a relatively rare finding, which has historically been discovered incidentally during surgery or at autopsy. However, we present a 28-year-old woman who presented to the emergency department with shortness of breath and stabbing chest pain. An emergent CT angiogram of the chest was performed, which incidentally revealed a mediastinal paraesophageal mass. Subsequent endoscopic ultrasound showed a hypoechoic area that appeared to connect to the liver. A liver/spleen scan with SPECT/CT with Tc sulfur colloid demonstrated that the mass was paraesophageal heterotopic liver tissue with a connection to the orthotropic liver by a small stalk.
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U2 - 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001561
DO - 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001561
M3 - Article
C2 - 28166154
AN - SCOPUS:85011706637
SN - 0363-9762
JO - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
JF - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
ER -