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3629317

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-10-20
pubmed:abstractText
We report the results of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the liver in 46 patients with various previously confirmed focal lesions. A characteristic signal pattern was found in hemangiomas (n = 11), with marked signal hyperintensity on T2 and proton weighted images as compared to normal liver tissue. Cysts (n = 7) also showed marked hyperintensity on T2 images, but could easily be differentiated by a lesser intensity on proton weighted images and signal hypointensity on T1 weighted images. Primary liver tumors (n = 4), metastatic liver disease (n = 18), focal nodular hyperplasia (n = 5), and liver adenoma (n = 1) revealed a weak signal hyperintensity on T2 images, with varying signals in T1 and proton weighted modalities. These data combined with other recent communications in the literature indicate that MRI is a promising diagnostic technique in the detection of focal liver lesions and that it may offer a high degree of specificity in the diagnosis of hepatic hemangiomas and benign cysts.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0038-4348
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
80
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1125-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Magnetic resonance imaging in evaluating focal liver lesions.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article