title: CT of benign hypervascular liver nodules in autoimmune hepatitis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of California-San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Ave., San Francisco, CA 94143-0628, USA.
authors.forename: Aliya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Qayyum
authors.forename: Anno
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Graser
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Westphalen
authors.forename: Raphael B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Merriman
authors.forename: Linda D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Ferrell
authors.forename: Benjamin M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.forename: Fergus V
authors.initials: FV
authors.lastname: Coakley
mesh_terms: 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