title: Unusual fatty metamorphosis observed in diffuse liver metastases of stage 4S neuroblastoma.
abstract: We report a case of stage 4S neuroblastoma in which CT showed diffuse liver metastases containing a geographical fatty area in the periportal region. MRI showed this abnormality to correspond to an area with an unusual pattern of fatty change. (123)I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) scintigraphy demonstrated increased accumulation throughout the liver, except for the region showing fatty change. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of liver metastases from neuroblastoma with geographical fatty infiltration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajiicho Kawaramachi Hirokoji Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto City, 602-8566, Japan. juntazoe@gmail.com
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tazoe
authors.forename: Chio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Okuyama
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iehara
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hosoi
authors.forename: Tsunehiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishimura
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging