Beaver tail liver

Case contributed by Ammar Ashraf
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Left loin pain associated with nausea and vomiting.

Patient Data

Age: 75 years
Gender: Female
ct
This study is a stack
Axial
non-contrast
This study is a stack
Axial C+ portal
venous phase
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The elongated left lobe of the liver extends across the midline into the left hypochondrium lying in close contact with the spleen (beaver tail liver--anatomical variant).

A 16 mm well-defined lesion containing soft tissue and fat densities, likely an angiomyolipoma along the posterior aspect of the upper/mid pole of left kidney is visualized.

Bilateral prominent extrarenal pelvis and retro-aortic left renal vein (type 1) noted.

Mild diffuse mural thickening of the urinary bladder along with few small bladder diverticula seen.

Case Discussion

Beaver tail liver is a normal variant of hepatic morphology, which is more common in the females. Prominent extrarenal pelvis and retroaortic left renal vein are also anatomical variants.

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