The Common Vein

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Chilaiditi syndrome – interposition the colon


This axial image of the abdomen shows the colon and specifically the hepatic flexure malpositioned anterior to the liver.  The liver is displaced from its usual position by the colon which makes its way anteriorly (in front of the liver), and superiorly (below the diaphragm), so that if there is air within this loop it will masquearades as “free air”  (Image courtesy of Ashley Davidoff M.D.) 45768



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Chilaiditi syndrome – interposition the colon


This axial image of the abdomen shows the colon and specifically the hepatic flexure malpositioned anterior to the liver.  The liver is displaced from its usual position by the colon which makes its way anteriorly (in front of the liver), and superiorly (below the diaphragm), so that if there is air within this loop it will masquearades as “free air”  (Image courtesy of Ashley Davidoff M.D.) 45768



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Chilaiditi syndrome – interposition the colon


This coronal image of the abdomen shows the colon and specifically the hepatic flexure malpositioned under the diaphragm and mimics the presence of free air under the diaphragm as noted in the above images.  The liver is displaced from its usual position by the colon which makes its way anteriorly (in front of the liver), and superiorly (below the diaphragm), so that if there is air within this loop it will masquerades as “free air”  (Image courtesy of Ashley Davidoff M.D.) 45765



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Chilaiditi syndrome – interposition the colon


This coronal image of the abdomen shows the colon and specifically the hepatic flexure malpositioned under the diaphragm and mimics the presence of free air under the diaphragm as noted in the above images.  The liver is displaced from its usual position by the colon which makes its way anteriorly (in front of the liver), and superiorly (below the diaphragm), so that if there is air within this loop it will masquerades as “free air”  (Image courtesy of Ashley Davidoff M.D.) 45765



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Question free air?


This upright iamge of the abdomen clearly shows that the air under the diapragm is part of air within the lumen of a loop of bowel in the right upper quadrant.  (Image courtesy of Ashley Davidoff M.D.) 45761



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Question free air?


This upright iamge of the abdomen clearly shows that the air under the diapragm is part of air within the lumen of a loop of bowel in the right upper quadrant.  (Image courtesy of Ashley Davidoff M.D.) 45761



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Question free air?


This image shows a curvilinear air shadow that suggests free ar under the diaphragm.  The patient was asymptomatic  and so a subsequent upright KUB was performed.  See next image (Image courtesy of Ashley Davidoff M.D.) 45758 45759



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Question free air?


This image shows a curvilinear air shadow that suggests free ar under the diaphragm.  The patient was asymptomatic  and so a subsequent upright KUB was performed.  See next image (Image courtesy of Ashley Davidoff M.D.) 45758 45759



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Hepatic flexure mucin secreting adenocarcinoma


The coronal reformat from a frail and elderly woman shows a thick walled hepatic flexure with transmural extension toward the liver.  Note the fluid filled colon caused by a mucin secreting adenocarcinoma.
Courtesy Ashley Davidoff MD
45083



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Hepatic flexure mucin secreting adenocarcinoma


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Courtesy Ashley Davidoff MD
45083



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Courtesy Ashley Davidoff MD
45083
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Courtesy Ashley Davidoff MD
45083
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Redundant hepatic flexure


The hepatic flexure is not always a simple 90 degree turn.  It is commonly redundant and it may be difficult to uncoil this redundancy with a barium enema.  This CT study shows a redundant complex turn of the hepatic flexure.
Courtesy Ashley Davidoff MD
38903



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Redundant hepatic flexure


The hepatic flexure is not always a simple 90 degree turn.  It is commonly redundant and it may be difficult to uncoil this redundancy with a barium enema.  This CT study shows a redundant complex turn of the hepatic flexure.
Courtesy Ashley Davidoff MD
38903



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Courtesy Ashley Davidoff MD
38903
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Courtesy Ashley Davidoff MD
38903
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Normal hepatic flexure


The beginning and end of the hepatic flexure are ill defined, but it connects the ascending colon with the transverse colon.
Courtesy Ashley Davidoff MD
32525b05



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Normal hepatic flexure


The beginning and end of the hepatic flexure are ill defined, but it connects the ascending colon with the transverse colon.
Courtesy Ashley Davidoff MD
32525b05



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Courtesy Ashley Davidoff MD
32525b05
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Courtesy Ashley Davidoff MD
32525b05
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The hepatic flexure is the junction between the transverse colon and the ascending colon.  There are no defining structural changes, other than for the endoscopist trying to navigate the colon who may be able to see the dark extrinsic impression of the liver on the colon, thus marking the distinction between the end of the ascending and beginning of transverse colon.  The hepatic flexure receives its blood supply in part from the right colic vessels and in part from the middle colic vessels



Normal hepatic flexure


The beginning and end of the hepatic flexure are ill defined, but it connects the ascending colon with the transverse colon.
Courtesy Ashley Davidoff MD
32525b05



The hepatic flexure is not always a simple 90 degree turn. It is commonly redundant and it may be difficult radiologically to uncoil this redundancy with a barium enema making it difficult to fully visualize all parts of the flexure.



Redundant hepatic flexure


The hepatic flexure is not always a simple 90 degree turn.  It is commonly redundant and it may be difficult to uncoil this redundancy with a barium enema.  This CT study shows a redundant complex turn of the hepatic flexure.
Courtesy Ashley Davidoff MD
38903



Applied Anatomy
The close relationship of this part of the colon with the liver and gallbladder is sometimes relevant in disease.  Occasionally an aggressive carcinoma may spread directly from the colon to the liver or gallbladder, making surgical resection difficult.
 



Hepatic flexure mucin secreting adenocarcinoma


The coronal reformat from a frail and elderly woman shows a thick walled hepatic flexure with transmural extension toward the liver.  Note the fluid filled colon caused by a mucin secreting adenocarcinoma.
Courtesy Ashley Davidoff MD
45083



 



Question free air?


This image shows a curvilinear air shadow that suggests free ar under the diaphragm.  The patient was asymptomatic  and so a subsequent upright KUB was performed.  See next image (Image courtesy of Ashley Davidoff M.D.) 45758 45759



 



Question free air?


This upright iamge of the abdomen clearly shows that the air under the diapragm is part of air within the lumen of a loop of bowel in the right upper quadrant.  (Image courtesy of Ashley Davidoff M.D.) 45761



 



Chilaiditi syndrome – interposition the colon


This coronal image of the abdomen shows the colon and specifically the hepatic flexure malpositioned under the diaphragm and mimics the presence of free air under the diaphragm as noted in the above images.  The liver is displaced from its usual position by the colon which makes its way anteriorly (in front of the liver), and superiorly (below the diaphragm), so that if there is air within this loop it will masquerades as “free air”  (Image courtesy of Ashley Davidoff M.D.) 45765



 



Chilaiditi syndrome – interposition the colon


This axial image of the abdomen shows the colon and specifically the hepatic flexure malpositioned anterior to the liver.  The liver is displaced from its usual position by the colon which makes its way anteriorly (in front of the liver), and superiorly (below the diaphragm), so that if there is air within this loop it will masquearades as “free air”  (Image courtesy of Ashley Davidoff M.D.) 45768



 



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The hepatic flexure is the junction between the transverse colon and the ascending colon.  There are no defining structural changes, other than for the endoscopist trying to navigate the colon who may be able to see the dark extrinsic impression of the liver on the colon, thus marking the distinction between the end of the ascending and beginning of transverse colon.  The hepatic flexure receives its blood supply in part from the right colic vessels and in part from the middle colic vessels



Normal hepatic flexure


The beginning and end of the hepatic flexure are ill defined, but it connects the ascending colon with the transverse colon.
Courtesy Ashley Davidoff MD
32525b05



The hepatic flexure is not always a simple 90 degree turn. It is commonly redundant and it may be difficult radiologically to uncoil this redundancy with a barium enema making it difficult to fully visualize all parts of the flexure.



Redundant hepatic flexure


The hepatic flexure is not always a simple 90 degree turn.  It is commonly redundant and it may be difficult to uncoil this redundancy with a barium enema.  This CT study shows a redundant complex turn of the hepatic flexure.
Courtesy Ashley Davidoff MD
38903



Applied Anatomy
The close relationship of this part of the colon with the liver and gallbladder is sometimes relevant in disease.  Occasionally an aggressive carcinoma may spread directly from the colon to the liver or gallbladder, making surgical resection difficult.
 



Hepatic flexure mucin secreting adenocarcinoma


The coronal reformat from a frail and elderly woman shows a thick walled hepatic flexure with transmural extension toward the liver.  Note the fluid filled colon caused by a mucin secreting adenocarcinoma.
Courtesy Ashley Davidoff MD
45083



 



Question free air?


This image shows a curvilinear air shadow that suggests free ar under the diaphragm.  The patient was asymptomatic  and so a subsequent upright KUB was performed.  See next image (Image courtesy of Ashley Davidoff M.D.) 45758 45759



 



Question free air?


This upright iamge of the abdomen clearly shows that the air under the diapragm is part of air within the lumen of a loop of bowel in the right upper quadrant.  (Image courtesy of Ashley Davidoff M.D.) 45761



 



Chilaiditi syndrome – interposition the colon


This coronal image of the abdomen shows the colon and specifically the hepatic flexure malpositioned under the diaphragm and mimics the presence of free air under the diaphragm as noted in the above images.  The liver is displaced from its usual position by the colon which makes its way anteriorly (in front of the liver), and superiorly (below the diaphragm), so that if there is air within this loop it will masquerades as “free air”  (Image courtesy of Ashley Davidoff M.D.) 45765



 



Chilaiditi syndrome – interposition the colon


This axial image of the abdomen shows the colon and specifically the hepatic flexure malpositioned anterior to the liver.  The liver is displaced from its usual position by the colon which makes its way anteriorly (in front of the liver), and superiorly (below the diaphragm), so that if there is air within this loop it will masquearades as “free air”  (Image courtesy of Ashley Davidoff M.D.) 45768



 



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Courtesy Ashley Davidoff MD
45083
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Courtesy Ashley Davidoff MD
45083
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Courtesy Ashley Davidoff MD
38903
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Courtesy Ashley Davidoff MD
38903
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Normal hepatic flexure


The beginning and end of the hepatic flexure are ill defined, but it connects the ascending colon with the transverse colon.
Courtesy Ashley Davidoff MD
32525b05



The hepatic flexure is not always a simple 90 degree turn. It is commonly redundant and it may be difficult radiologically to uncoil this redundancy with a barium enema making it difficult to fully visualize all parts of the flexure.



Redundant hepatic flexure


The hepatic flexure is not always a simple 90 degree turn.  It is commonly redundant and it may be difficult to uncoil this redundancy with a barium enema.  This CT study shows a redundant complex turn of the hepatic flexure.
Courtesy Ashley Davidoff MD
38903



Applied Anatomy
The close relationship of this part of the colon with the liver and gallbladder is sometimes relevant in disease.  Occasionally an aggressive carcinoma may spread directly from the colon to the liver or gallbladder, making surgical resection difficult.
 



Hepatic flexure mucin secreting adenocarcinoma


The coronal reformat from a frail and elderly woman shows a thick walled hepatic flexure with transmural extension toward the liver.  Note the fluid filled colon caused by a mucin secreting adenocarcinoma.
Courtesy Ashley Davidoff MD
45083



 



Question free air?


This image shows a curvilinear air shadow that suggests free ar under the diaphragm.  The patient was asymptomatic  and so a subsequent upright KUB was performed.  See next image (Image courtesy of Ashley Davidoff M.D.) 45758 45759



 



Question free air?


This upright iamge of the abdomen clearly shows that the air under the diapragm is part of air within the lumen of a loop of bowel in the right upper quadrant.  (Image courtesy of Ashley Davidoff M.D.) 45761



 



Chilaiditi syndrome – interposition the colon


This coronal image of the abdomen shows the colon and specifically the hepatic flexure malpositioned under the diaphragm and mimics the presence of free air under the diaphragm as noted in the above images.  The liver is displaced from its usual position by the colon which makes its way anteriorly (in front of the liver), and superiorly (below the diaphragm), so that if there is air within this loop it will masquerades as “free air”  (Image courtesy of Ashley Davidoff M.D.) 45765



 



Chilaiditi syndrome – interposition the colon


This axial image of the abdomen shows the colon and specifically the hepatic flexure malpositioned anterior to the liver.  The liver is displaced from its usual position by the colon which makes its way anteriorly (in front of the liver), and superiorly (below the diaphragm), so that if there is air within this loop it will masquearades as “free air”  (Image courtesy of Ashley Davidoff M.D.) 45768



 
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The hepatic flexure is the junction between the transverse colon and the ascending colon.  There are no defining structural changes, other than for the endoscopist trying to navigate the colon who may be able to see the dark extrinsic impression of the liver on the colon, thus marking the distinction between the end of the ascending and beginning of transverse colon.  The hepatic flexure receives its blood supply in part from the right colic vessels and in part from the middle colic vessels



Normal hepatic flexure


The beginning and end of the hepatic flexure are ill defined, but it connects the ascending colon with the transverse colon.
Courtesy Ashley Davidoff MD
32525b05



The hepatic flexure is not always a simple 90 degree turn. It is commonly redundant and it may be difficult radiologically to uncoil this redundancy with a barium enema making it difficult to fully visualize all parts of the flexure.



Redundant hepatic flexure


The hepatic flexure is not always a simple 90 degree turn.  It is commonly redundant and it may be difficult to uncoil this redundancy with a barium enema.  This CT study shows a redundant complex turn of the hepatic flexure.
Courtesy Ashley Davidoff MD
38903



Applied Anatomy
The close relationship of this part of the colon with the liver and gallbladder is sometimes relevant in disease.  Occasionally an aggressive carcinoma may spread directly from the colon to the liver or gallbladder, making surgical resection difficult.
 



Hepatic flexure mucin secreting adenocarcinoma


The coronal reformat from a frail and elderly woman shows a thick walled hepatic flexure with transmural extension toward the liver.  Note the fluid filled colon caused by a mucin secreting adenocarcinoma.
Courtesy Ashley Davidoff MD
45083



 



Question free air?


This image shows a curvilinear air shadow that suggests free ar under the diaphragm.  The patient was asymptomatic  and so a subsequent upright KUB was performed.  See next image (Image courtesy of Ashley Davidoff M.D.) 45758 45759



 



Question free air?


This upright iamge of the abdomen clearly shows that the air under the diapragm is part of air within the lumen of a loop of bowel in the right upper quadrant.  (Image courtesy of Ashley Davidoff M.D.) 45761



 



Chilaiditi syndrome – interposition the colon


This coronal image of the abdomen shows the colon and specifically the hepatic flexure malpositioned under the diaphragm and mimics the presence of free air under the diaphragm as noted in the above images.  The liver is displaced from its usual position by the colon which makes its way anteriorly (in front of the liver), and superiorly (below the diaphragm), so that if there is air within this loop it will masquerades as “free air”  (Image courtesy of Ashley Davidoff M.D.) 45765



 



Chilaiditi syndrome – interposition the colon


This axial image of the abdomen shows the colon and specifically the hepatic flexure malpositioned anterior to the liver.  The liver is displaced from its usual position by the colon which makes its way anteriorly (in front of the liver), and superiorly (below the diaphragm), so that if there is air within this loop it will masquearades as “free air”  (Image courtesy of Ashley Davidoff M.D.) 45768



 
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