title: Focal lesions in normal liver.
abstract: A variety of lesions occur in the normal liver. This review will describe the most common benign, malignant, and infectious lesions. Illustration will be made of the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) appearance of the most common of these. Due to the high accuracy for liver lesion detection and characterization, and the intrinsic safety of the modality, MR should be considered the primary imaging tool to investigate liver diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina, School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA. richsem@med.unc.edu
authors.forename: Richard C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Semelka
authors.forename: Diego R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: N Cem
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Balci
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging