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Background: To demonstrate the improved specificity of liver MRI in diagnosis of focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) using liver specific contrast agents.
Methods: In a patient after resected adenosarcoma of the uterus a focal nodular hyperplasia was followed. Serial MRI of the liver was performed using first Gd-DOTA, followed by superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPIO) as well as Gd-EOB-DTPA.
Results: During the follow-up of FNH specificity of liver MRI improved using liver specific contrast agents. The central scar as well as the pseudocapsule showed different typical contrast uptake using all three methods.
Conclusion: Serial MRI of the liver with Gd-DOTA, SPIO and Gd-EOB-DTPA can exclude a malignant liver lesion. Liver biopsy of FNH can be avoided with increased specificity of MRI for FNH.
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Received: 15 December 1995/Accepted: 17 January 1996
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Kacl, G., Hagspiel, K. & Marincek, B. Focal nodular hyperplasia of the liver: serial MRI with Gd-DOTA, superparamagnetic iron oxide, and Gd-EOB-DTPA. Abdom Imaging 22, 264–267 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002619900186
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