Affiliation:
1. Resident in Radiology, Department of Radiology, National Institute of Oncology, UHC Ibn Sina, Rabat, Morocco
2. Professor Chief of the Radiology, Department Oncology, National Institute UHC Ibn Sina, Rabat, Morocco
3. Assistan professor, Department of Radiology, National Institute of Oncology, UHC Ibn Sina, Rabat, Morocco
Abstract
Chilaiditi’s sign is a rare radiological finding in which a portion of the colon or small intestine is interposed between the liver and right hemidiaphragm. Associated to pain, it is called Chilaiditi syndrome. We describe the case of a patient who was admitted to our radiology department to release a body-computed tomography (CT) for its breast cancer extension assessment. We incidentally discovered a colic hepato-phrenic interposition related to a Chilaiditi sign associated with right renal agenesis. In this case report we treated Chilaiditi sign can exist without Chilaiditi syndrome, as it could be associated with other pathologies and abnormal anatomic malformation like renal agenesis.
Publisher
Edorium Journals Pvt. Ltd.
Subject
Clinical Biochemistry,Molecular Biology,Molecular Medicine,Biochemistry,Clinical Biochemistry,Molecular Biology,Pathology and Forensic Medicine,Cancer Research,Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous),General Medicine,Cell Biology,Toxicology,General Medicine,Pathology and Forensic Medicine,Cognitive Neuroscience,Neuroscience (miscellaneous),General Veterinary,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,Animal Science and Zoology,General Medicine,Space and Planetary Science,Astronomy and Astrophysics,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,General Neuroscience,Cell Biology
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