title: Hepatic pseudotumor due to nodular fatty sparing: the diagnostic role of opposed-phase MRI.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We sought to describe the role of opposed-phase MRI in the diagnosis of nodular fatty sparing in the liver.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nodular fatty sparing of the liver displays characteristic findings on opposed-phase MRI. Because the lesion may otherwise mimic a hepatic tumor, knowledge of these findings may prevent unnecessary biopsy or inappropriate treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, 513 Parnassus Ave., San Francisco, CA 94143-0410, USA.
authors.forename: Wynnson W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Tom
authors.forename: Benjamin M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.forename: Jonathan C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Aliya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Qayyum
authors.forename: Bonnie
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Joe
authors.forename: Fergus V
authors.initials: FV
authors.lastname: Coakley
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male