title: Focal and diffuse benign hepatic disease: correlative imaging.
abstract: With the large numbers of screening CT scans and ultrasounds performed in a busy radiologic practice, it is not uncommon to discover an unexpected focal or diffuse process in the liver. When there is no history of primary malignancy, many of these lesions are benign. We discuss the variety of benign focal and diffuse diseases that can be readily imaged within the liver using ultrasound, CT, and MR.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor 48109-0030.
authors.forename: V G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Vassiliades
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Bree
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Korobkin
mesh_terms: D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006406:Hematoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography