Tsutomu Tamada1, Atsushi Higaki1,
Akihiko Kanki1, Satoko Okamoto1, Katsiyoshi Ito1
1Dept. of Radiology, Kawasaski Medical
School, Kurashiki-city, Okayama, Japan
We
assessed quantitatively and qualitatively the enhancement effects and the
enhancement patterns of hepatic hemangioma and normal liver tissue on
Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MR imaging. It will be important to know that the
dynamic enhancement pattern of hepatic hemangioma is similar to that of
hepatocellular carcinoma, probably due to the washout of Gd-EOB-DTPA in the
early stage after contrast media administration compared with extracellular
Gd chelates.