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Primary adenosquamous carcinoma of the liver detected during cancer surveillance in a patient with primary sclerosing cholangitis
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is associated with significant risk for hepatobiliary cancers. Primary hepatic adenosquamous carcinoma (ASC), a rare subtype of cholangiocarcinoma, is composed of both aden...
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Usefulness of ultrasonographic estimation of preperitoneal and subcutaneous fat thickness in the diagnosis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in diabetic patients
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) have been regarded as the hepatic manifestation of metabolic syndrome. Abdominal wall fat index (AFI), defined as the ratio of p...
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Comparative evaluation of three-dimensional Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MR fusion imaging with CT fusion imaging in the assessment of treatment effect of radiofrequency ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma
To assess the feasibility of fusion of pre- and post-ablation gadolinium ethoxybenzyl diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (Gd-EOB-DTPA-MRI) to evaluate the effects of radiof...
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Images of Sonazoid-enhanced ultrasonography in multistep hepatocarcinogenesis: comparison with Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI
Little is known about the difference in enhancement patterns of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) during multistep hepatocarcinogenesis between the post-vascular phase of Sonazoid-enhanced ultrasonography (SEUS) ...
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Overlap syndrome of autoimmune hepatitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis complicated with hepatocellular carcinoma
Development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients with autoimmune liver disease is less common than in those with other types of chronic liver disease. Here we report a rare case of overlap syndrome co...
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Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced magnetic resonance images of hepatocellular carcinoma: correlation with histological grading and portal blood flow
To retrospectively investigate enhancement patterns of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and dysplastic nodule (DN) in the hepatobiliary phase of gadolinium-ethoxybenzyl-diethylenetriamine (Gd-EOB-DTPA)-enhanced ...