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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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Autores principales: Dreifuss, Nicolas H., Ramallo, Dario, McCormack, Lucas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer 2021
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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.
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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.
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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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