title: Imaging patterns of fatty liver in pediatric patients.
abstract: Fatty liver can present as focal, diffuse, heterogeneous, and multinodular forms. Being familiar with various patterns of steatosis can enable correct diagnosis. In patients with equivocal findings on ultrasonography, magnetic resonance imaging can be used as a problem solving tool. New techniques are promising for diagnosis and follow-up. We review imaging patterns of steatosis and new quantitative methods such as proton density fat fraction and magnetic resonance elastography for diagnosis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. musturayk@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: H Nursun
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Özcan
authors.forename: Berna
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Oğuz
authors.forename: Mithat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haliloğlu
authors.forename: Diclehan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Orhan
authors.forename: Muşturay
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karçaaltıncaba
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D065626:Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology