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Maximum Intensity Projection (10 mm) Contrast Enhanced T1-w Axial Fast Spoiled Gradient Echo of upper abdomen. It is shown absence of the left liver lobe and connection between the paraumbilical vein (arrow in A) and the portal vein (arrow head in B). Gallbladder is correctly in place.
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The MR exam showed the absence of the left lobe and of the left hepatic vein and artery and recanalization of the paraumbilical vein (Fig. 1).
Maximum Intensity Projection (10 mm) Contrast Enhanced T1-w Axial Fast Spoiled Gradient Echo of upper abdomen. It is appreciable the division of the portal vein in two branches and the absence of the left liver lobe. The portal vein is slightly dilated. It can be noted an interposition of colic tract (arrow) between the liver and the anterior abdominal wall.
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It could be noted an interposition of colic tract between the liver and anterior abdominal wall (Fig. 2), responsible of the technical difficulties encountered when performing the ultrasound examination.
T2-w axial image which shows the incomplete rotation of the left kidney: hilum faces anteriorly (arrow).
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Another finding was the incomplete rotation of the left kidney with an anteriorly placed hilum and a laterally located ureter (Fig. 3).