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I had a cat scan on my lumbar and it showed craniocaudal prominence of the right hepatic lobe. what does this mean?

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Maybe enlarged: The radiologist suspects your liver might be enlarged. Might be useful to get a liver ultrasound to get a handle on that.

Answered 7/30/2013

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Maybe enlarged....: May be normal. The liver has many variations in shape. One of these is a "riedel's lobe" which is focal prominence of the right lobe which is a normal variant.

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Dr. Joseph Accurso answered

Specializes in Radiology

Craniocaudal: Prominence just means longer than normal in the head to foot dimension. What is more important is the total volume of the liver - is it within normal limits or enlarged? The liver can have many different configurations and still be normal in volume.

Answered 7/31/2013

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