TY - JOUR
TI - Confluent hepatic fibrosis as the presenting imaging sign in nonadvanced
alcoholic cirrhosis
AU - Kelekis, NL
AU - Makri, E
AU - Vassiou, A
AU - Patsiaoura, K and
AU - Spiridakis, M
AU - Dalekos, GN
JO - Clinical Imaging
PY - 2004
VL - 28
TODO - 2
SP - 124-127
PB - EXCERPTA MEDICA INC-ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
SN - 0899-7071
TODO - 10.1016/S0899-7071(03)00243-2
TODO - confluent fibrosis; liver cirrhosis; tomography; spiral computed
TODO - Confluent hepatic fibrosis (CHF) is usually a feature of advanced
cirrhosis, while occurrence in early stage compensated cirrhosis is
uncommon. We report the imaging findings of masslike CHF in a patient
with previously unsuspected compensated alcoholic cirrhosis. The
combination of partially wedge shape, minimal capsular retraction, and
homogeneous delayed enhancement on multiphase contrast-enhanced spiral
CT led to the characterization of the lesions and establishment of the
diagnosis of cirrhosis. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
ER -