Atypical CT features of liver abscess.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 10 Atypical CT features of liver abscess [Abstract] Objective: To investigate the early atypical CT features of liver abscess. Methods: Retrospective analysis of 36 cases confirmed by needle aspiration and clinical cases of hepatic abscess is not a typical CT data. Results: CT scan of all lesions showed homogeneous or inhomogeneous low density shadow, most of the lesion with clear boundary. enhanced MRI can be expressed as “cluster-shaped sign” or “honeycomb” sign, patchy enhancement within the lesion, or see the “edge enhancement sign” and so on. Conclusion: CT is not typical of liver abscess featureless plain performance, dynamic enhanced MRI has certain characteristic, atypical liver abscesses can improve diagnostic accuracy. [Keywords:] liver abscess; computer tomography; Features Liver abscess may be bacteria, parasites or fungi cause [1]. Liver abscess necrosis, liquefaction, the formation of axillary cavity, the typical liver abscess usually manifested in the enhanced scan on a single ring, bicyclic or tricyclic ring sign of abscess, it abscess prompted the emergence of a more reliable basis for diagnosis [2]. cellulitis, but is still in early stages of abscesses, the lesions have not yet or only a small part of liquefaction necrosis liquefaction necrosis of soft tissue density approximation, the lack of typical signs of liver abscess is often easily liver tumor mass confusion. This retrospective analysis of 36 cases of atypical hepatic abscess, explore the pathological basis of CT signs and the corresponding, in order to deepen the understanding of signs of liver abscess CT improve diagnostic accuracy. 1 Materials and Methods 1.1 Clinical data review of 36 cases of atypical cases of liver abscess CT data, 22 males and 14 females, aged 30 to 78 years old, mean age 52 years. Clinical manifestations of different degrees of body temperature, fatigue, abdominal pain , hepatomegaly and tenderness, increased white blood cell