Transient focal fatty liver infiltration mimicking liver metastasis.
The case of a 76-year-old woman presenting with focal liver lesions suggesting liver metastasis on CT is reported. A control CT performed one week later showed a normal liver. Biopsy revealed the diagnosis of focal liver steatosis. The final diagnosis of transient focal steatosis is proposed.
Debaere
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Department of Radiology, St. Jan Hospital, Brugge, Belgium.
Rigauts
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Laukens
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D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed