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.
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.
Sugito
Kiminobu
K
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. ksugito@med.nihon-u.ac.jp
Kusafuka
Takeshi
T
Kawashima
Hiroyuki
H
Uekusa
Shota
S
Furuya
Takeshi
T
Ohashi
Kensuke
K
Inoue
Mikiya
M
Ikeda
Taro
T
Koshinaga
Tsugumichi
T
Maebayashi
Toshiya
T
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*
D003911:Dextrans; D058185:Magnetite Nanoparticles; C065507:ferumoxides; D052203:Ferrosoferric Oxide