Variable CT appearance of hepatic abscesses
Journal Article
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· AJR, Am. J. Roentgenol.; (United States)
Fifty computed tomographic (CT) scans in 33 patients with 37 separate episodes of hepatic abscess were reviewed retrospectively. Abnormalitites were detected in all but one case (97% sensitivity). The CT appearance of the lesions varied from well defined, rounded cavities with contents near water density, resembling poorly defined hepatic cysts, to higher-density foci indistinguishable from hepatic neoplasms. In only 19% was gas present within the abscess. Rim enhancement was seen in only 6%. This study suggests that CT is a sensitive test for detecting hepatic abscess but is often nonspecific.
- Research Organization:
- Duke Univ. Medical Center, Durham, NC
- OSTI ID:
- 7014990
- Journal Information:
- AJR, Am. J. Roentgenol.; (United States), Vol. 142:5
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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