[MR imaging during arterio-portography (MR-AP) in the detection of hepatic cancer].
Magnetic resonance imaging during arterio-portography (MR-AP) was performed in 2 patients of hepatic cancer. Low dose of meglumine gadopentetate (4 ml of a 0.5 mmol/L solution) was injected into a superior mesenteric artery during acquisition of a Turbo-FLASH sequence. An increase in liver to lesion contrast was obtained with MR-AP and it is also useful in the late phase to distinguish a flow defect lesion due to portal obstruction from the tumor.
Kajiya
Y
Y
Department of Radiology, Kagoshima University School of Medicine.
Ikeda
K
K
Kajiya
Y
Y
Inoue
H
H
Miyazono
N
N
Kanetsuki
I
I
Takeshita
T
T
Nakajo
M
M
Fukushima
N
N
D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004369:Pentetic Acid / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011172:Portography / Q000379:methods
D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA