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Cirrhosis

Case contributed by Mohammad Taghi Niknejad
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Work up for elevated liver enzymes.

Patient Data

Age: 50 years
Gender: Female
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The liver has an irregular margin in keeping with cirrhosis. No hepatic mass is identified in the current study.

Some dilated collateral vessels are seen at perigastric, distal paraesophageal regions and around the spleen hilum.

The spleen is enlarged, and its cephalocaudal height measured 190 mm.

Several prominent mesenteric and para aortocaval lymph nodes are observed.

The Butterfly vertebra is present at the L5 level as a congenital anomaly.

Case Discussion

Cirrhotic patient with evidence of portal hypertension and splenomegaly.

There is also a Butterfly vertebra at the L5 level, a type of vertebral anomaly that results from the failure of fusion of the lateral halves of the vertebral body.

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