title: Confluent hepatic fibrosis in cirrhosis: ferumoxides-enhanced MR imaging findings.
abstract: We describe ferumoxides-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging findings in a 60-year-old man with confluent hepatic fibrosis in advanced cirrhosis. The extension and internal structure of confluent fibrosis were well demonstrated with ferumoxides-enhanced proton-density spin-echo magnetic resonance images, showing a wedge-shaped area of high signal intensity corresponding to the extension of fibrosis and internal focal areas of low signal intensity, presumably corresponding to residual functioning liver parenchyma. This case suggests a potential utility of ferumoxides-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging for characterizing this tumor-mimicking disorder.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Gifu University School of Medicine, 40 Tsukasamachi, Gifu 500-8705, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsuo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kanematsu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Asano
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tomimatsu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Manabe
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hoshi
mesh_terms: D003287:Contrast Media; D003911:Dextrans; D052203:Ferrosoferric Oxide; D005355:Fibrosis; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D058185:Magnetite Nanoparticles; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010087:Oxides
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D003911:Dextrans; D058185:Magnetite Nanoparticles; D010087:Oxides; D007501:Iron; C065507:ferumoxides; D052203:Ferrosoferric Oxide