Liver Flashcards
Peripheral nodular arterial enhancement, central delayed/venous enhancement
Hepatic hemangioma
Arterial enhancement with hypoattenuated central scar, delayed central scar enhancement
FNH
Thin walled, fluid filled structure
Simple cyst
Well-circumscribed and bright arterial enhancement, homogeneous on venous phase
Hepatic adenoma
Hypointense lesion with and without contrast, peripheral arterial enhancement, delayed portal washout
Hepatic metastasis
Heterogeneous, poorly circumscribed lesion with arterial enhancement and early washout
Hepatocellular carcinoma
What hepatic metastatic lesions are brightly enhancing on arterial phase?
Thyroid carcinoma
Renal cell carcinoma
Neuroendocrine tumors
MRI shows heterogeneous, poorly circumscribed liver lesion with arterial enhancement and early washout. What else is needed to make the diagnosis of HCC?
History of chronic liver disease at risk for cirrhosis
Bleeding through Pringle maneuver during trauma?
Retrohepatic IVC injury or replaced hepatic artery
Incidence of replaced right hepatic artery?
18% of population
What is the origin of the replaced right hepatic artery?
SMA
What is the course of the replaced right hepatic artery?
Posterior to the bile duct, lateral to the portal vein
Incidence of replaced left hepatic artery?
11% of population
What is the origin of the replaced left hepatic artery?
Left gastric artery
What is the course of the replaced left hepatic artery?
Pars flaccida