Gamut of focal fatty lesions in the liver: imaging manifestations with emphasis on magnetic resonance imaging.
A wide variety of hepatic lesions contain fat within them in a proportion good enough to be demonstrable on imaging. With the biological behaviors quite different from each other, they form a clinico-radio-pathologic spectrum worth remembering. We present a review of common and uncommon focal hepatic lesions containing fat (micro- and macroscopic) within them and emphasize the role of imaging in their diagnosis.
Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada. nfasih@ottawahospital.on.ca
Najla
N
Fasih
Alampady Krishna Prasad
AK
Shanbhogue
Seng
S
Thipphavong
Venkateswar R
VR
Surabhi
Demetrios
D
Papadatos
Celia
C
Marginean
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods