Vol. 25 - Num. 97
Clinical Reviews
Cristina Gómez Campoa, Sara Chinchilla Langeberb
aMIR-Pediatría. Servicio de Pediatría. Hospital Universitario de Móstoles. Móstoles. Madrid. España.
bServicio de Pediatría. Hospital Universitario de Móstoles. Móstoles. Madrid. España.
Correspondence: C Gómez . E-mail: cristina.gcampo@gmail.com
Reference of this article: Gómez Campo C, Chinchilla Langeber S. Riedel's lobe, a false impression of hepatomegaly . Rev Pediatr Aten Primaria. 2023;25:53-5.
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Abstract
Hepatomegaly is a relatively frequent clinical sign in the examination of the pediatric patient. This may be due to a hepatic disease or a generalized disease with hepatic involvement. A variant of the normal right hepatic lobe is the called Riedel´s lobe, which can sometimes be interpreted as hepatomegaly. These patients are asymptomatic and have no clinical or laboratory signs of the liver disease. We present the case of a 4-year-old boy in whom a radiological hepatomegaly was found by chance.
Keywords
● Hepatomegaly ● Riedel´s lobeComments
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