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Hepatic and perihepatic involvement of female genital diseases and pregnancy: a review

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The liver is rarely involved in female genital diseases or pregnancy. Peripheral hepatic and perihepatic lesions are mainly due to the progression of genital malignancies, usually ovarian cancer. It should be distinguished from other malignant and non-malignant lesions. In all clinical situations, liver involvement is a sign of distant extension or dissemination of female genital diseases. Therefore, accurate detection and characterization of hepatic and perihepatic involvement on imaging is of clinical importance and often changes patient management.

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Authors would like to thank Dr Farhood Saremi for his help in the selection of images. They also would like to thank Fabrice Mauer and Typhaine Desperramons-Dutartre for their precious help in the production of the figures.

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    Sophie Beranger-Gibert, Matthieu Lagadec, Vincent Barrau, Valérie Vilgrain & Maxime Ronot

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    Matthieu Lagadec, Valérie Vilgrain & Maxime Ronot

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    Valérie Vilgrain & Maxime Ronot

  4. Department of Radiology, Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saint Joseph, Paris, France

    Isabelle Boulay-Coletta, Erick Petit & Marc Zins

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Beranger-Gibert, S., Lagadec, M., Boulay-Coletta, I. et al. Hepatic and perihepatic involvement of female genital diseases and pregnancy: a review. Abdom Imaging 40, 1331–1349 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-014-0263-1

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