title: Metastatic tumors in irregular fatty liver mimicking focal sparing.
abstract: Two cases of hepatic metastatic tumor occurring in irregular fatty liver are reported. These metastatic tumors appeared as irregularly shaped hyperdense areas and were difficult to distinguish from focally spared areas of irregular fatty liver. Even if areas of focal sparing are irregular in shape, hepatic tumors should be carefully ruled out in patients at high risk for liver tumors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Onaya
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Itai
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kurosaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Saida
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ebihara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuramoto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed