✦ LIBER ✦
Sclerosed liver hemangioma mimicking malignant tumor at MR imaging: Pathologic correlation
✍ Scribed by Didier Mathieu; Alain Rahmouni; Norbert Vasile; Nedal Jazaerli; Christophe Duvoux; Jeanne Tran Van Nhieu; Elie Serge Zafrani
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 397 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1053-1807
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
This case report illustrates atypical magnetic resonance (MR) imaging findings in a liver hemangioma mimicking a malignant lesion—lower signal intensity than cerebrospinal fluid on T2‐weighted spin‐echo images and lack of early enhancement on dynamic contrast material—enhanced gradient‐echo images. Pathologic analysis demonstrated nearly total replacement of the vascular cavities by dense fibrous tissue. In this rare, sclerosed form, this lesion could not be defined as a hemangioma with MR imaging.