CT demonstration of the spontaneous regression of a hypervascular lesion in cirrhotic liver

In patients with liver cirrhosis, arterial phase enhancement of nodular lesions on helical-CT is currently considered to be highly predictive of malignancy. We report the spontaneous regression of a hypervascular hepatic nodule in a patient with liver cirrhosis within 7 months demonstrated by helica...

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Autores principales: Luciani, Alain, Rahmouni, Alain, Achab, Hamid, Mathieu, Didier, Jazaerli, Nedal, Bouanane, Mohamed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4448338/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18203671
http://dx.doi.org/10.1102/1470-7330.2001.001
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author Luciani, Alain
Rahmouni, Alain
Achab, Hamid
Mathieu, Didier
Jazaerli, Nedal
Bouanane, Mohamed
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description In patients with liver cirrhosis, arterial phase enhancement of nodular lesions on helical-CT is currently considered to be highly predictive of malignancy. We report the spontaneous regression of a hypervascular hepatic nodule in a patient with liver cirrhosis within 7 months demonstrated by helical-CT follow-up. This suggests that tumor angiogenesis known to be an obligatory step for acquisition of malignant properties could regress, and can be demonstrated by helical CT. Radiologists should be aware that CT detection of a hypervascular nodule in a cirrhotic liver is not always predictive of a malignant outcome.
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spelling pubmed-44483382015-05-30 CT demonstration of the spontaneous regression of a hypervascular lesion in cirrhotic liver Luciani, Alain Rahmouni, Alain Achab, Hamid Mathieu, Didier Jazaerli, Nedal Bouanane, Mohamed Cancer Imaging Case Report In patients with liver cirrhosis, arterial phase enhancement of nodular lesions on helical-CT is currently considered to be highly predictive of malignancy. We report the spontaneous regression of a hypervascular hepatic nodule in a patient with liver cirrhosis within 7 months demonstrated by helical-CT follow-up. This suggests that tumor angiogenesis known to be an obligatory step for acquisition of malignant properties could regress, and can be demonstrated by helical CT. Radiologists should be aware that CT detection of a hypervascular nodule in a cirrhotic liver is not always predictive of a malignant outcome. BioMed Central 2015-05-05 2001 /pmc/articles/PMC4448338/ /pubmed/18203671 http://dx.doi.org/10.1102/1470-7330.2001.001 Text en © International Cancer Imaging Society 2001
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Bouanane, Mohamed
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