Focal hepatic fatty metamorphosis secondary to trauma.
Focal fatty metamorphosis of the liver is an entity that has recently been well described. This abnormality should be included in the differential computed tomographic (CT) diagnosis of lesions of decreased attenuation. In this paper, we report three cases in which blunt liver trauma (of varying degrees) resulted in focal fatty metamorphosis that was documented by CT.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging