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Unusual liver MR findings of Wilson's disease in an asymptomatic 2-year-old girl

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We describe the unusual magnetic resonance (MR) findings of a case of Wilson's disease (WD) in an asymptomatic 2-year-old girl. Preenhanced computed tomography revealed multiple hyperdense areas in the liver. These lesions were hyperintense on T1-weighted and hypointense on T2-weighted MR images, results that might be ascribed to the paramagnetism of copper deposited in liver at a relatively early stage of the disease before severe liver cirrhosis had evolved.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Kaohsiung, Chang Gung College of Medicine and Technology, 123 Ta-Pei Road, Niao-Sung Hsiang, Kaohsiung Hsien 833, Taiwan, TW

    S.-F. Ko, T.-Y. Lee, S.-H. Ng & Y.-F. Cheng

  2. Department of Pathology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Kaohsiung, Chang Gung College of Medicine and Technology, 123 Ta-Pei Road, Niao-Sung Hsiang, Kaohsiung Hsien 833, Taiwan, TW

    J.-W. Lin

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Received: 9/10/96/Accepted: 10/16/96

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Ko, SF., Lee, TY., Ng, SH. et al. Unusual liver MR findings of Wilson's disease in an asymptomatic 2-year-old girl. Abdom Imaging 23, 56–59 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002619900285

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