Hot quadrate sign
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title:
Hot quadrate sign
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A hot quadrate sign is an imaging appearance of increased enhancement in CT scans or MRI, or radiotracer accumulation in nuclear medicine, in which there is enhancement of the quadrate lobe of the liver. The appearance is an indirect reflection of the collateralized flow of SVC syndrome, in which occlusion of the superior vena cava leads to preferential flow to the quadrate. The sign is similar in mechanism but distinct in significance from the hot caudate sign, in which the caudate lobe of the
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Medical condition
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_quadrate_sign
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2020-12-11T17:11:52Z
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