title: Fatty infiltration of the liver distal to a metastatic liver tumor.
abstract: We report a case of focal fatty infiltration of the liver parenchyma adjacent to a metastatic liver tumor from an islet cell tumor. The decreased portal flow by the tumor and insulin produced by the tumor cells might be causes of focal fatty infiltration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Toyama Prefectural Central Hospital, 2-2-78, Nishinagae, Toyama 930, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hoshiba
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Demachi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyata
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takashima
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsuji
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miwa
mesh_terms: D007516:Adenoma, Islet Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed