Diffuse liver diseases in neonatal and pediatric liver transplant candidates: a pictorial essay.
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.
Caruso
Settimo
S
Department of Radiology, Istituto Mediterraneo Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione (IsMeTT), Palermo, Italy. secaruso@ismett.edu
Mamone
Giuseppe
G
Marrone
Gianluca
G
Milazzo
Mariapina
M
Carollo
Vincenzo
V
Miraglia
Roberto
R
Maruzzelli
Luigi
L
Minervini
Marta Ida
MI
Spada
Marco
M
Riva
Silvia
S
Luca
Angelo
A
Gridelli
Bruno
B
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