title: Regional presentation of hepatic diseases: CT and MR imaging findings of differential diagnosis.
abstract: Neoplastic and nonneoplastic diseases may involve the liver with a regional distribution, which is defined as a non-focal process without any specific anatomic predilection. In this pictorial essay we review hepatic diseases commonly presenting with a regional distribution in the liver and describe the CT and MR imaging findings helpful for differential diagnosis. Knowledge of the characteristic imaging manifestations of neoplastic and non-neoplastic diseases affecting the liver regionally will facilitate an accurate diagnosis and result in the appropriate clinical management of these liver diseases.
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Department of Radiology, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Sherry S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Shang
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Furlan
authors.forename: Omar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Almusa
authors.forename: Hesham M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Ahmed-Amr
authors.forename: Kyongtae T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Bae
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed