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We describe ferumoxides-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging findings in a 60-year-old man with confluent hepatic fibrosis in advanced cirrhosis. The extension and internal structure of confluent fibrosis were well demonstrated with ferumoxides-enhanced proton-density spin-echo magnetic resonance images, showing a wedge-shaped area of high signal intensity corresponding to the extension of fibrosis and internal focal areas of low signal intensity, presumably corresponding to residual functioning liver parenchyma. This case suggests a potential utility of ferumoxides-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging for characterizing this tumor-mimicking disorder.
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Received: 27 June 2000/Revision accepted: 18 October 2000
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Matsuo, M., Kanematsu, M., Kondo, H. et al. Confluent hepatic fibrosis in cirrhosis: ferumoxides-enhanced MR imaging findings. Abdom Imaging 26, 146–148 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002610000181
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002610000181