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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging |
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Review |
| Article Title |
Liver metastases: The role of magnetic resonance imaging
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Invited Manuscript |
| All Author List |
Cesare Maino, Federica Vernuccio, Roberto Cannella, Francesco Cortese, Paolo Niccolò Franco, Clara Gaetani, Valentina Giannini, Riccardo Inchingolo, Davide Ippolito, Arianna Defeudis, Giulia Pilato, Davide Tore, Riccardo Faletti and Marco Gatti |
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| Corresponding Author |
Marco Gatti, MD, Assistant Professor, Doctor, Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Turin, Via Genova 3, Turin 10126, Italy. marcogatti17@gmail.com |
| Key Words |
Liver metastases; Magnetic resonance imaging; Gadolinium; Gd-EOB-DTPA; Gadoxetate disodium; Liver specific contrast agents; Hepatobiliary contrast agents |
| Core Tip |
To better detect liver metastases, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) protocol should be correctly performed, using extra-cellular or hepatobiliary contrast agents. Even if conventional non-enhanced techniques can help depict focal liver lesions, contras-enhanced sequences are mandatory, to evaluate their behavior in comparison to the healthy liver parenchyma. These aspects allow to determine liver and hepatic lesions’ vascularization over time and increase radiologists’ diagnostic values. The typical appearance of liver metastases can be easily recognized as hypovascular lesions. However, some primary tumors can produce liver metastases with atypical appearances, such as hypervascular ones, or within calcification, mucin, or other proteins. The multiparametric nature of MRI, combined with the administration of contrast agents, can strongly increase radiologists' confidence in the final diagnosis. |
| Publish Date |
2023-09-20 10:11 |
| Citation |
Maino C, Vernuccio F, Cannella R, Cortese F, Franco PN, Gaetani C, Giannini V, Inchingolo R, Ippolito D, Defeudis A, Pilato G, Tore D, Faletti R, Gatti M. Liver metastases: The role of magnetic resonance imaging. World J Gastroenterol 2023; 29(36): 5180-5197 |
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https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v29/i36/5180.htm |
| DOI |
https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v29.i36.5180 |
