TY - JOUR
T1 - MRI evaluation of fatty liver in day to day practice
T2 - Quantitative and qualitative methods
AU - Gangadhar, Kiran
AU - Chintapalli, Kedar N.
AU - Cortez, Gilbert
AU - Nair, Sandhya Vinu
PY - 2014/9
Y1 - 2014/9
N2 - Intracellular fat accumulation is a common feature of liver disease. Steatosis is the histological hallmark of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) but also may occur with alcohol abuse, viral hepatitis, HIV and genetic lipodystrophies, and chemotherapy. This condition is common in the Western population and is typically associated with obesity and the metabolic syndrome. Early diagnosis and early treatment of NAFLD are important to prevent the development of end-stage liver disease and cancer. In addition, liver fat is a risk factor for postoperative complications after liver resection and transplantation. MRI has become a primary modality to assess hepatic steatosis, both qualitatively and quantitatively. In this article we discuss various MRI methods for evaluation of hepatic steatosis.
AB - Intracellular fat accumulation is a common feature of liver disease. Steatosis is the histological hallmark of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) but also may occur with alcohol abuse, viral hepatitis, HIV and genetic lipodystrophies, and chemotherapy. This condition is common in the Western population and is typically associated with obesity and the metabolic syndrome. Early diagnosis and early treatment of NAFLD are important to prevent the development of end-stage liver disease and cancer. In addition, liver fat is a risk factor for postoperative complications after liver resection and transplantation. MRI has become a primary modality to assess hepatic steatosis, both qualitatively and quantitatively. In this article we discuss various MRI methods for evaluation of hepatic steatosis.
KW - Chemical shift imaging
KW - Hepatic steatosis
KW - MRI liver
KW - MRI methods
KW - Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ejrnm.2014.05.015
DO - 10.1016/j.ejrnm.2014.05.015
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84905906624
SN - 0378-603X
VL - 45
SP - 619
EP - 626
JO - Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
JF - Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
IS - 3
ER -