Solitary necrotic nodules of the liver: cross-sectional imaging findings and follow-up in nine patients.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of our study was to retrospectively evaluate the sonographic, CT, and MRI findings (number, diameter, lobar location, depth from the hepatic capsule, and appearance of lesions) in a series of nine patients with pathologically proven solitary necrotic nodules of the liver and the natural evolution at follow-up in four of the nine patients.


CONCLUSIONS
Solitary necrotic nodules are usually small, solitary lesions, mainly located under the liver capsule of the right lobe. They are hypoechoic on sonography, hypoattenuating on CT, have low signal intensity on both T1- and T2-weighted MRI with lack of enhancement after IV contrast administration, and at follow-up have a tendency to show calcification and involution toward reduction in size.
Colagrande
Stefano
S
Department of Clinical Physiopathology, Section of Radiodiagnostics, University of Florence, Viale Morgagni 85, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, 50134 Florence, Italy. stefano.colagrande@unifi.it
Paolucci
Maria Lara
ML
Messerini
Luca
L
Schima
Wolfgang
W
Stadler
Alfred
A
Bartolotta
Tommaso Vincenzo
TV
Vanzulli
Angelo
A
Brancatelli
Giuseppe
G
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003287:Contrast Media; D003911:Dextrans; D005260:Female; D052203:Ferrosoferric Oxide; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D007472:Iohexol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D007501:Iron; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D058185:Magnetite Nanoparticles; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis / Q000473:pathology; D010087:Oxides; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler
D003287:Contrast Media; D003911:Dextrans; D058185:Magnetite Nanoparticles; D010087:Oxides; C073590:gadolinium ethoxybenzyl DTPA; D007472:Iohexol; C038192:iopromide; D007501:Iron; C065507:ferumoxides; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D052203:Ferrosoferric Oxide