Transdiaphragmatic liver herniation mimicking pulmonary nodule

Transdiaphragmatic herniation of liver tissue can rarely mimic intrapulmonary masses and is almost exclusively diagnosed as incidental finding during surgery. In a 77-year-old female smoker referred for work-up bullous pemphigoid, a potentially paraneoplastic condition, chest radiography demonstrated a right-sided supradiaphragmatic lung nodule. Transdiaphragmatic liver herniation was diagnosed prospectively by computed tomography (CT) and …