CT demonstration of fluid-fluid levels in nonenhancing hemangiomas of the liver

J Comput Assist Tomogr. 1987 Sep-Oct;11(5):763-5. doi: 10.1097/00004728-198709000-00003.

Abstract

A fluid-fluid level was observed in three cases of liver hemangioma and in two cases of liver cancer. The patients with hemangioma of the liver did not show enhancement on dynamic CT and the fluid-fluid levels were not detected by ultrasound in two of these patients. Fluid-fluid levels detected by CT but not by ultrasound strongly suggested the diagnosis of nonenhancing hemangioma of the liver.

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / diagnostic imaging
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Hemangioma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Liver / diagnostic imaging
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
  • Ultrasonography