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Fat in the liver: diagnosis and characterization

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The purpose of this article is to provide an update on imaging techniques useful for detection and characterization of fat in the liver. Imaging findings of liver steatosis, both diffuse steatosis and focal fatty change, as well as focal fatty sparing, are presented. In addition, we will review computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) findings of focal liver lesions with fatty metamorphosis, including hepatocellular carcinoma, hepatocellular adenoma, focal nodular hyperplasia, angiomyolipoma, lipoma, and metastases.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain

    Carlos Valls & Esther Alba

  2. Department of Radiology, Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy, France

    Carlos Valls, Ricardo Iannacconne & Valérie Vilgrain

  3. Department of Radiology, Ospedale la Sapienza, Roma, Italy

    Ricardo Iannacconne & Roberto Passariello

  4. Department of Radiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

    Takamichi Murakami & Masatoshi Hori

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Valls, C., Iannacconne, R., Alba, E. et al. Fat in the liver: diagnosis and characterization. Eur Radiol 16, 2292–2308 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-006-0146-0

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