title: CT demonstration of fluid-fluid levels in nonenhancing hemangiomas of the liver.
abstract: A fluid-fluid level was observed in three cases of liver hemangioma and in two cases of liver cancer. The patients with hemangioma of the liver did not show enhancement on dynamic CT and the fluid-fluid levels were not detected by ultrasound in two of these patients. Fluid-fluid levels detected by CT but not by ultrasound strongly suggested the diagnosis of nonenhancing hemangioma of the liver.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Tokyo Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Itai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohtomo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kokubo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamauchi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Makita
mesh_terms: D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography