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SUBMITTER: Koike H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8041654 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Radiology case reports 20210326 6
Intravenous lipoma of the inferior vena cava is an incidental finding on contrast-enhanced computed tomography in 0.5% of individuals. We report a case of multiple intravenous lipomas discovered during diagnosis of cholangitis in a 39-year-old woman. Imaging revealed three fatty masses that appeared connected by cordlike structures: one in the left renal vein with wide mural attachment and two in the inferior vena cava, the higher of which was mobile. We hypothesize that these originated as a si ...[more]