title: Diffuse liver diseases in neonatal and pediatric liver transplant candidates: a pictorial essay.
abstract: A wide spectrum of common and uncommon diffuse liver diseases affecting neonatal and pediatric liver transplant candidates is presented and analyzed using 16 and 64 multi-detector row helical CT (MDCT) and 1.5 T MRI fast imaging. Correlation of imaging findings and explanted liver or histology is illustrated in representative cases. Associated uncommon congenital anomalies are shown. In conclusion, in pediatric liver transplant candidates, 16-MDCT and 1.5 T fast MRI are useful for diagnosis and staging of liver disease, as well as for the evaluation of associated congenital anomalies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Istituto Mediterraneo Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione (IsMeTT), Palermo, Italy. secaruso@ismett.edu
authors.forename: Settimo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Caruso
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mamone
authors.forename: Gianluca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marrone
authors.forename: Mariapina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Milazzo
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Carollo
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Miraglia
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Maruzzelli
authors.forename: Marta Ida
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Minervini
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Spada
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Riva
authors.forename: Angelo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Luca
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gridelli
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011300:Preoperative Care; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography