Hwan Jun Jae MD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Jin Wook Chung, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Hurn Hur, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Chang Jin Yoon, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Young Il Kim MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Jae Hyung Park, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

1.To understand the cross-sectional and 3-dimensional anatomy of the caudate lobe of the liver.2.To understand blood supply and venous drainage patterns of the caudate lobe and its imaging findings at various pathologic conditions.

The caudate lobe of the liver is composed of three different parts: Spiegel lobe, paracaval portion, and caudate process. Its blood supply and venous drainage are rather complex when compared with those of other hepatic segments. Differences in blood supply and venous drainage between the caudate lobe and the other parts of the liver cause differences in imaging findings at various pathologic conditions, such as portal vein thrombosis, Budd-Chiari syndrome, and tumors. In this exhibit, we would like to illustrate 1) the cross-sectional and 3-dimensional morphology of the caudate lobe based on volumetric data of CTAP and iodized-oil CT during chemoembolization, 2) blood supply patterns based on selective angiography for caudate hepatocellular carcinomas in 164 patients and angiographic investigation of aberrant gastric venous drainage in 100 patients, and 3) imaging findings at various pathologic conditions.

Jae, H, Chung, J, Hur, H, Yoon, C, Kim, Y, Park, J, Caudate Lobe of the Liver: Morphological Anatomy, Blood Supply, and Venous Drainage, and Imaging Findings at Pathologic Conditions.  Radiological Society of North America 2004 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, November 28 - December 3, 2004 ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2004/4416989.html