title: Liver schwannoma: findings on MRI.
abstract: Magnetic resonance imaging features of benign liver schwannoma in a 52-year-old woman are described. An oval shaped, 4.4x3.6x2.9-cm lesion was located in Segment 7 of the right hepatic lobe. The lesion was hypointense on T(1)-weighted images and mixed hypo- and hyperintense on T(2)-weighted images. On serial contrast-enhanced images, the lesion revealed gradually increasing centrilobular enhancement. The tumor was surgically removed thereafter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology of Saint Louis University Hospital, St Louis, MO 63110, USA. momtahen@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Amir Javad
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Momtahen
authors.forename: Ece Isin
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Akduman
authors.forename: Numan Cem
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Balci
authors.forename: Rana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fattahi
authors.forename: Necat
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Havlioglu
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA