title: MRI appearances in amoebic granulomatous hepatitis: a case report.
abstract: Amoebiasis is a common cause of liver disease usually presenting as single large or multiple smaller abscesses. Cases with granulomatous hepatitis have rarely been described. We report the case of a 7-year-old girl with amoebic granulomatous hepatitis in which multiple liver abscesses were demonstrated by MRI. A total of 14 abscesses were identified, ranging from 5 mm to 3 cm in diameter. The largest lesions appeared to T2-weighted images as heterogeneous, low-intensity areas surrounded by a double-layered wall, the inner layer of which was hyperintense and the outer layer hypointense. These signs, which have never been described in classic amoebic abscess, represent, we believe, a pattern of hepatic granulomatous amoebiasis lesions. We suggest that MRI should always be performed in cases of amoebic infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, NMR Centre, University of Ancona, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giovagnoni
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Gabrielli
authors.forename: G V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Coppa
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Paci
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Catassi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Giorgi
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008101:Liver Abscess, Amebic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging