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The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) differential diagnosis of intrahepatic biloma from intrahepatic subacute hematoma has been reported in two cases. The biloma was heterogenously intense on T1-weighted images and homogenously hyperintense on T2-weighted images. The hematoma was hyperintense on the both T1-and T2-weighted MR images. The clinical significance of this MRI difference is that intrahepatic biloma needs drainage, whereas intrahepatic hematoma can heal spontaneously.
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Shigemura, T., Yamamoto, F., Shilpakar, S.K. et al. MRI differential diagnosis of intrahepatic biloma from subacute hematoma. Abdom Imaging 20, 211–213 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00200396
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00200396