Gd-EOB-DTPA Enhanced MR Imaging Findings of Non-Diffuse Fatty Change of the Liver

Atsushi Higaki¹, Akira Yamamoto¹, Tsutomu Tamada¹, Hiroki Higashi¹, Tomohiro Sato¹, Akihiko kanki¹, Katsuyoshi Ito¹

To evaluate the difference in enhancement effects of the liver between area of fatty change and area of non-fatty change at gadolinium ethoxybenzyl diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (Gd-EOB-DTPA) enhanced MR imaging to clarify whether the presence of fatty infiltration affected the liver uptake of Gd-EOB-DTPA. Our results showed that the presence of fatty infiltration of the liver did not affect the hepatic contrast enhancement effects of Gd-EOB-DTPA in both vascular and hepatocellular phases. This fact indicated that the hepatic function for the uptake of Gd-EOB-DTPA can be preserved in the area of fatty change of the liver.