title: Radiation injury to the liver after intensity-modulated radiation therapy in patients with mesothelioma: an unusual CT appearance.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We sought to report the unusual distribution of radiation-induced injury to the liver in patients with mesothelioma after extrapleural pneumonectomy and intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Abnormal hepatic enhancement after extrapleural pneumonectomy and IMRT is common in patients with mesothelioma. Knowledge of the early occurrence and typical location and appearance of IMRT-induced injury can be useful in preventing misinterpretation as metastatic disease or recurrent tumor.
authors.affiliation: Division of Diagnostic Imaging, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Box 57, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Reginald F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Munden
authors.forename: Jeremy J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Erasmus
authors.forename: William R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Smythe
authors.forename: John E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Madewell
authors.forename: Kenneth M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Forster
authors.forename: Craig W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Stevens
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007472:Iohexol; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D007472:Iohexol