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Multifocal Nodular Fatty Infiltration of the Liver: A Rare Benign Disorder That Mimics Metastatic Liver Disease
Fatty liver disease is a frequent diagnosis. Rarely, it adopts a multifocal nodular pattern mimicking multiple liver metastases. Multifocal nodular fatty infiltration of the liver entails a challenging problem that must be included as a differential diagnosis when dealing with healthy patients with...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7901816/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33634201 http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000537 |
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author | Dreifuss, Nicolas H. Ramallo, Dario McCormack, Lucas |
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description | Fatty liver disease is a frequent diagnosis. Rarely, it adopts a multifocal nodular pattern mimicking multiple liver metastases. Multifocal nodular fatty infiltration of the liver entails a challenging problem that must be included as a differential diagnosis when dealing with healthy patients with an incidental finding of multiple liver lesions, even in the absence of obesity or metabolic syndrome. A complete clinical examination and high-quality imaging, including magnetic resonance imaging, might help to confirm diagnosis and to avoid unnecessary liver biopsies. |
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spelling | pubmed-79018162021-02-24 Multifocal Nodular Fatty Infiltration of the Liver: A Rare Benign Disorder That Mimics Metastatic Liver Disease Dreifuss, Nicolas H. Ramallo, Dario McCormack, Lucas ACG Case Rep J Case Report Fatty liver disease is a frequent diagnosis. Rarely, it adopts a multifocal nodular pattern mimicking multiple liver metastases. Multifocal nodular fatty infiltration of the liver entails a challenging problem that must be included as a differential diagnosis when dealing with healthy patients with an incidental finding of multiple liver lesions, even in the absence of obesity or metabolic syndrome. A complete clinical examination and high-quality imaging, including magnetic resonance imaging, might help to confirm diagnosis and to avoid unnecessary liver biopsies. Wolters Kluwer 2021-02-22 /pmc/articles/PMC7901816/ /pubmed/33634201 http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000537 Text en © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The American College of Gastroenterology. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) , where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Dreifuss, Nicolas H. Ramallo, Dario McCormack, Lucas Multifocal Nodular Fatty Infiltration of the Liver: A Rare Benign Disorder That Mimics Metastatic Liver Disease |
title | Multifocal Nodular Fatty Infiltration of the Liver: A Rare Benign Disorder That Mimics Metastatic Liver Disease |
title_full | Multifocal Nodular Fatty Infiltration of the Liver: A Rare Benign Disorder That Mimics Metastatic Liver Disease |
title_fullStr | Multifocal Nodular Fatty Infiltration of the Liver: A Rare Benign Disorder That Mimics Metastatic Liver Disease |
title_full_unstemmed | Multifocal Nodular Fatty Infiltration of the Liver: A Rare Benign Disorder That Mimics Metastatic Liver Disease |
title_short | Multifocal Nodular Fatty Infiltration of the Liver: A Rare Benign Disorder That Mimics Metastatic Liver Disease |
title_sort | multifocal nodular fatty infiltration of the liver: a rare benign disorder that mimics metastatic liver disease |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7901816/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33634201 http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000537 |
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