Fat in liver metastasis from renal cell carcinoma detected by chemical shift MR imaging.
A case with liver metastasis from papillary renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is presented, in which intratumoral fat was detected on dual-echo chemical shift magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The preoperative chemical shift MR image of the primary RCC also suggested the presence of intratumoral fat. Liver metastasis from fat-containing RCC should be included in the differential diagnosis of fat-containing liver masses as observed on chemical shift MRI.
Nakayama
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Department of Clinical Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1, Maidashi, Higashi-ku Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
Yoshimitsu
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Irie
H
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Aibe
H
H
Tajima
T
T
Shinozaki
K
K
Nishie
A
A
Kakihara
D
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Honda
H
H
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000556:secondary*; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male