title: Human fascioliasis: MR imaging findings of hepatic lesions.
abstract: Our objective was to describe MR imaging findings of liver lesions in human fascioliasis. The MR imaging of the liver was performed in 29 patients with fascioliasis. Seventeen patients were women and 12 were men, with a mean age of 47.5 years (age range 17-75 years). Hepatic lesions were grouped into five types based on their signal characteristics. Three patients had normal imaging findings. One or more lesions were observed in the other 26 patients. The lesion types and the frequency of appearances were as follows: hyperintensity of the liver capsule on T2-weighted images (n=16, 55.2%); ill-defined slightly hyperintense areas on T2-weighted images (n=18, 62.1%); lesions which were hypointense on T1-weighted and hyperintense on T2-weighted images (n=10, 34.5%); hypointense on T1-weighted images and centrally hypo- or hyperintense, surrounded by peripherally less hyperintense area on T2-weighted images (n=4, 13.8%); and hypointense foci or ill-defined hypointense areas on T1- and T2-weighted images (n=10, 34.5%). We describe the MR imaging features of the disease. Our findings may help the differential diagnosis in which fascioliasis should be added to the list.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, 07100 Arapsuyu, Antalya, Turkey. cevikol@med.akdeniz.edu.tr
authors.forename: Can
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cevikol
authors.forename: Kamil
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Karaali
authors.forename: Utku
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Senol
authors.forename: Adnan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kabaalioğlu
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Apaydin
authors.forename: Rabin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Saba
authors.forename: Ersin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lüleci
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005211:Fascioliasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies