Confluent hepatic fibrosis in cirrhosis: ferumoxides-enhanced MR imaging findings.

Abstract

We describe ferumoxides-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging findings in a 60-year-old man with confluent hepatic fibrosis in advanced cirrhosis. The extension and internal structure of confluent fibrosis were well demonstrated with ferumoxides-enhanced proton-density spin-echo magnetic resonance images, showing a wedge-shaped area of high signal intensity corresponding to the extension of fibrosis and internal focal areas of low signal intensity, presumably corresponding to residual functioning liver parenchyma. This case suggests a potential utility of ferumoxides-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging for characterizing this tumor-mimicking disorder.

• Authors: M Matsuo, M Kanematsu, H Kondo, T Asano, H Tomimatsu, T Manabe, H Hoshi
• Journal: Abdominal imaging (Abdom Imaging) 2001 Mar-Apr Vol. 26 Issue 2 Pg. 146-8 ISSN: 0942-8925 [Print] United States
• PMID: 11178690 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Contrast Media
• Dextrans
• Magnetite Nanoparticles
• Oxides
• Iron
• ferumoxides
• Ferrosoferric Oxide

Topics

• Contrast Media
• Dextrans
• Ferrosoferric Oxide
• Fibrosis
• Hepatitis C (complications)
• Humans
• Iron
• Liver (pathology)
• Liver Cirrhosis (diagnosis, pathology)
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Magnetite Nanoparticles
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Oxides