Enhancing and expansile portal vein thrombosis: value in the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with multiple hepatic lesions.
OBJECTIVE
The objective of this study was to determine whether the presence of enhancing and expansile portal vein thrombus is suggestive of the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma.


CONCLUSIONS
In the presence of hepatic tumors, enhancing expansile portal vein thrombus is highly suggestive of hepatocellular carcinoma.
Shah
Zarine K
ZK
Department of Abdominal Imaging and Intervention, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit St., White 270, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
McKernan
Margaret G
MG
Hahn
Peter F
PF
Sahani
Dushyant V
DV
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011169:Portal Vein; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology