title: Pitfalls in liver imaging.
abstract: Localized, abnormal attenuation/intensity areas on unenhanced and/or enhanced study of CT/MR imaging do not necessarily correspond to tumors themselves or real tumor size. Pitfalls in the diagnosis of liver tumor are described dividing into enhanced study (vascular variants, vascular abnormalities, hyperplastic nodules, around the tumor, and miscellaneous) and unenhanced study (fatty change, focal spared area of diffuse fatty liver, and miscellaneous).
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba 305-8575, Japan. itaiy@md.tsukuba.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Itai
authors.forename: Yukihisa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Saida
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D008102:Liver Circulation; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed