J Korean Soc Ultrasound Med.  2007 Jun;26(2):83-87.

Focal Sparing of the Fatty Liver Caused by a Nontumorous Arterioportal Shunt

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  • 1Department of Radiology, Konkuk University Hospital, Korea. yjkim@kuh.ac.kr

Abstract

We present two cases of focal fatty sparing caused by a nontumorous arterioportal shunt. Two patients underwent ultrasonography (US) as a part of routine medical screening, which revealed a hypoechoic lesion in the diffuse fatty liver. Each lesion appeared to be an arterioportal shunt on triphasic mutidetector computed tomography (CT) and was seen as being slightly hyperdense on noncontrast CT. No tumors were delineated around or within the arterioportal shunt. Both lesions remained unchanged on six-month follow-up US.

Keyword

Arterioportal shunt; Fatty liver; Focal sparing; Liver, US

MeSH Terms

Fatty Liver*
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Mass Screening
Ultrasonography
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