Hepatic pseudotumor due to nodular fatty sparing: the diagnostic role of opposed-phase MRI.
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.
Tom
Wynnson W
WW
Department of Radiology, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, 513 Parnassus Ave., San Francisco, CA 94143-0410, USA.
Yeh
Benjamin M
BM
Cheng
Jonathan C
JC
Qayyum
Aliya
A
Joe
Bonnie
B
Coakley
Fergus V
FV
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male