title: Usefulness of power Doppler ultrasonography and superparamagnetic iron oxide enhanced magnetic resonance imaging for diagnosis of focal nodular hyperplasia of the liver after treatment of neuroblastoma.
abstract: Focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) of the liver is rare in children, and it is usually diagnosed through a biopsy of the liver or hepatectomy. The authors report a case of a 10-year-old girl with multiple focal nodular hyperplasia lesions of the liver after the completion of tumor therapy for advanced neuroblastoma, and review the usefulness of the combination of power Doppler ultrasonography (US) and superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPIO) enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the diagnosis of FNH without a biopsy of the liver or hepatectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. ksugito@med.nihon-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kiminobu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugito
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kusafuka
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawashima
authors.forename: Shota
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Uekusa
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Furuya
authors.forename: Kensuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohashi
authors.forename: Mikiya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Taro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Tsugumichi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koshinaga
authors.forename: Toshiya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maebayashi
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003911:Dextrans; D005260:Female; D052203:Ferrosoferric Oxide; D020518:Focal Nodular Hyperplasia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D058185:Magnetite Nanoparticles; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000150:complications*; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D003911:Dextrans; D058185:Magnetite Nanoparticles; C065507:ferumoxides; D052203:Ferrosoferric Oxide