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A case of solitary necrotic nodule of the liver with acute liver dysfunction: The imaging appearance correlated with pathological findings

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A 22-year-old woman was admitted to this institution because of severe liver dysfunction that looked like acute hepatitis. Abdominal ultrasonography revealed a liver mass 20 mm in diameter that resembled the bull’s-eye sign. Enhanced CT revealed a low-density mass. The mass was hypointense in T1-weighted MRI images and slightly hyperintense in T2-weighted MRI images. Needle biopsy of the liver under ultrasound guidance led to a diagnosis of solitary necrotic nodule of the liver. The tumor consisted of coagulation necrosis surrounded by fibrotic tissue. These pathologic features were consistent with the Imaging findings.

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  1. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kyoto Katsura Hospital, 17 Yamada-Hiraocho, Nishikyoku, 615-8256, Kyoto, Japan

    Yoko Endo, Hiroshi Hikita FJSUM, Akihiko Hamada, Keisuke Oe, Ayao Torii, Haruhiro Nishikawa & Jiro Ochi

  2. Clinical Laboratory, Kyoto Katsura Hospital, 17 Yamada-Hiraocho, Nishikyoku, 615-8256, Kyoto, Japan

    Yumiko Mori RMS & Yumiko Aoki RMS

  3. Department of Pathology, Kyoto Katsura Hospital, 17 Yamada-Hiraocho, Nishikyoku, 615-8256, Kyoto, Japan

    Takaki Sakurai

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Endo, Y., Hikita, H., Hamada, A. et al. A case of solitary necrotic nodule of the liver with acute liver dysfunction: The imaging appearance correlated with pathological findings. J Med Ultrasonics 30, 193–198 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02481225

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