Fat sparing of surrounding liver from metastasis in patients with fatty liver: MR imaging with histopathologic correlation.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of our study was to evaluate the characteristic MR imaging findings and histopathologic correlation of peritumoral fat sparing of liver metastasis in patients with fatty liver.


CONCLUSIONS
Out-of-phase spoiled gradient-echo MR imaging was useful in detecting and characterizing the peritumoral fat sparing of liver metastasis in patients with fatty liver that was isointense to surrounding hepatic parenchyma on unenhanced in-phase spoiled gradient-echo, T2-weighted inversion recovery, and contrast-enhanced nonsuppressed spoiled gradient-echo MR imaging.
Chung
Jae-Joon
JJ
Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea.
Kim
Myeong-Jin
MJ
Kim
Joo Hee
JH
Lee
Jong Tae
JT
Yoo
Hyung Sik
HS
D000273:Adipose Tissue; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged