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15854001

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-4-27
pubmed:abstractText
A case of hypervascular nodules in the liver, but without hepatitis B or C virus infection in a 38-year-old woman with a history of alcohol abuse is presented. An ultrasound disclosed 1-2-cm hypoechoic tumors in the right and left lobes. Magnetic resonance imaging showed high-intensity tumors at both the T1-weighted and T2-weighted sequences. Incremental dynamic computed tomography and hepatic angiography revealed hypervascular tumors. Ultrasound-guided needle biopsy revealed no evidence of hepatocellular carcinoma, metastatic liver cancer, hemangioendothelioma, inflammatory pseudotumors or pseudolymphoma, but demonstrated stellate-scar fibrosis septa, which contained small unpaired arteries without hyperplasia dividing the nodule. Moreover, marked pericellular fibrosis, neutrophilic infiltration and Mallory bodies were observed in the cytoplasm. There was no evidence of bile duct proliferation. From these findings, the diagnosis of alcohol-induced fibrosis, distinctly different from focal nodular hyperplasia, was tenable. Further studies may provide insights into the pathogenesis of nodule formation and hypervascularity in heavy drinkers of alcohol.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0815-9319
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
795-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Multiple hypervascular liver nodules in a heavy drinker of alcohol.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Gastroenterology, Kobe Asahi Hospital, Kobe, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports