Gamut of focal fatty lesions in the liver: imaging manifestations with emphasis on magnetic resonance imaging

Curr Probl Diagn Radiol. 2010 Jul-Aug;39(4):137-51. doi: 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2009.05.001.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adipose Tissue / diagnostic imaging
  • Adipose Tissue / pathology*
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fatty Liver / diagnosis
  • Fatty Liver / diagnostic imaging
  • Fatty Liver / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods