title: Hepatic adenoma: MR appearance mimicking focal nodular hyperplasia.
abstract: A hepatic adenoma (HA) nearly isointense to normal liver on short and long repetition and echo time spin echo pulse sequences is presented. Contrary to previous expectations, the case shows that a single hepatic mass with these signal characteristics on magnetic resonance without a scar may represent either HA or focal nodular hyperplasia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Nokes
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Spritzer
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Meyers
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Herfkens
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia / Q000175:diagnosis; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging