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Giuseppe Brancatelli
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Open AccessQuantitative liver MRI biomarkers: what the radiologist should know
Quantitative MRI biomarkers are increasingly requested in clinical practice in the management of patients with chronic liver diseases, to evaluate fibrosis, steatosis, iron overloard and liver function. The pr...
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Open AccessChanges in the ultrasound presentation of hepatocellular carcinoma: a center’s three decades of experience
Ultrasound (US) surveillance is a cornerstone for early diagnosis of HCC, anyway US presentation has undergone significant changes. With the aim of evaluating the effects of US surveillance program in the real...
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Open AccessESR Essentials: diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma—practice recommendations by ESGAR
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary hepatic malignancy and a leading cause of cancer related death worldwide. Current guidelines for the noninvasive diagnosis of HCC are provided by the E...
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Open AccessLiver imaging and pregnancy: what to expect when your patient is expecting
Liver diseases in pregnancy can be specific to gestation or only coincidental. In the latter case, the diagnosis can be difficult. Rapid diagnosis of maternal-fetal emergencies and situations requiring special...
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Liver and Biliary Cancer
Liver cancer represents one of the most common causes of cancer-related mortality worldwide. The imaging diagnosis of liver cancer is challenging because different malignant liver lesions can present with a co...
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LI-RADS ancillary features favoring benignity: is there a role in LR-5 observations?
The Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System algorithm allows category downgrade in the presence of ancillary features (AFs) favoring benignity, even in observations categorized as LR-5. This study aims to asse...
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Open AccessAdvances in liver US, CT, and MRI: moving toward the future
Over the past two decades, the epidemiology of chronic liver disease has changed with an increase in the prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in parallel to the advent of curative treatments for hepa...
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Open AccessConsensus report from the 9th International Forum for Liver Magnetic Resonance Imaging: applications of gadoxetic acid-enhanced imaging
The 9th International Forum for Liver Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) was held in Singapore in September 2019, bringing together radiologists and allied specialists to discuss the latest developments in and f...
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Open AccessA case of infective colitis due to Yersinia enterocolitica complicated by microliver abscesses mimicking multiple liver occult metastases: a case report
We report an unusual case of infective colitis by Yersinia enterocolitica complicated by microliver abscesses mimicking multiple liver metastases in a 79 yr old female without any risk factors for bacteriaemia by...
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Open AccessSpectrum of liver lesions hyperintense on hepatobiliary phase: an approach by clinical setting
Hepatobiliary MRI contrast agents are increasingly being used for liver imaging. In clinical practice, most focal liver lesions do not uptake hepatobiliary contrast agents. Less commonly, hepatic lesions may s...
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Imaging of hepatocellular carcinoma: a pilot international survey
To perform an international survey on current practices in imaging-based surveillance, diagnosis, staging, and assessment of treatment response for HCC.
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Hepatic enhancement in cirrhosis in the portal venous phase: what are the differences between gadoxetate disodium and gadobenate dimeglumine?
To compare the level of parenchymal and portal venous enhancement in the portal venous phase (PVP) in cirrhotic patients undergoing gadoxetate disodium- and gadobenate dimeglumine-enhanced MRI.
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Impact of structured report on the quality of preoperative CT staging of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: assessment of intra- and inter-reader variability
To evaluate whether a structured radiology report improves the completeness of preoperative CT staging of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) compared to conventional free-text reports.
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Open AccessComplications of hepatic echinococcosis: multimodality imaging approach
Hydatid disease is a worldwide zoonosis endemic in many countries. Liver echinococcosis accounts for 60–75% of cases and may be responsible for a wide spectrum of complications in about one third of patients. ...
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CT and MR imaging of chemotherapy-induced hepatopathy
Chemotherapy-induced hepatopathy includes a wide variety of parenchymal and vascular hepatic changes on imaging, including diffuse or focal hepatopathies (i.e. hepatitis, steatosis, fibrosis, pseudocirrhosis, ...
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Uncommon imaging evolutions of focal liver lesions in cirrhosis
The purpose of this article is to describe and illustrate uncommon imaging evolutions of benign (i.e., cyst, hemangioma, focal nodular hyperplasia-like nodules, and hepatic angiomyolipoma) and malignant (i.e.,...
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“Nodule-in-nodule” architecture of hepatocellular carcinoma
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Hepatobiliary phase in cirrhotic patients with different Model for End-stage Liver Disease score: comparison of the performance of gadoxetic acid to gadobenate dimeglumine
The purpose of this study was to compare the performance of gadobenate dimeglumine–enhanced MRI and gadoxetic acid–enhanced MRI in the hepatobiliary phase (HBP) in cirrhotic patients with different degrees of ...
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Hepatic sinusoidal dilatation
Hepatic sinusoidal dilatation refers to the enlargement of the hepatic capillaries. Most of the time this condition is caused by hepatic venous outflow obstruction, which results in vascular stasis and congest...
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Uncommon evolutions and complications of common benign liver lesions
Frequently encountered on abdominal imaging studies, the majority of common benign liver lesions are asymptomatic, confidently diagnosed by imaging, and do not require further workup, follow-up, or treatment. ...
