Focal Hepatic Hot Spot (‘Hot Quadrate’) Sign on Contrast‑enhanced Abdominal CT: A Telltale Pearl Indicating Superior Vena Cava (SVC) Syndrome

Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology · Published 2026-01-01 · DOI 10.5334/jbsr.4164

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Abstract

Teaching point: Transient, topographically delineated, intense arterial enhancement in liver segment 4, associated with early filling of the dilated veins of Sappey, is a pathognomonic abdominal CT sign of superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome.

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2026

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