title: Lipiodol retention at the site of liver biopsy; a false positive result in the investigation of hepatocellular carcinoma.
abstract: A case is described in which Lipiodol, selectively injected into the hepatic artery as part of the investigation of a patient with hepatocellular carcinoma, was retained at the site of a previous liver biopsy leading to the false positive diagnosis of a daughter nodule. This has not been previously described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: E Y
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Yeung
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McCarthy
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Foster
authors.forename: I S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Benjamin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Adam
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D006801:Humans; D007459:Iodized Oil; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography
chemical_list: D007459:Iodized Oil