CT of benign hypervascular liver nodules in autoimmune hepatitis.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this report is to describe the frequency and histopathologic basis of benign hypervascular liver nodules seen on CT in patients with autoimmune hepatitis.


CONCLUSIONS
Benign hypervascular liver nodules may be seen on CT in patients with cirrhosis due to autoimmune hepatitis and may represent large regenerative nodules. This phenomenon is important to recognize because of the potential for confusion with hepatocellular carcinoma.
Qayyum
Aliya
A
Department of Radiology, University of California-San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Ave., San Francisco, CA 94143-0628, USA.
Graser
Anno
A
Westphalen
Antonio
A
Merriman
Raphael B
RB
Ferrell
Linda D
LD
Yeh
Benjamin M
BM
Coakley
Fergus V
FV
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D019693:Hepatitis, Autoimmune / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed