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Pseudothrombosis with T2‐weighted fast spin‐echo MR images caused by static portal venous flow in severe cirrhosis

Year: 2002

Type: article

Abstract: Unenhanced T2-weighted fast spin-echo images obtained in a 65-year-old woman with severe cirrhosis showed an area of high signal intensity occupying the left second-order portal vein branch, suggesting portal vein thrombosis in cirrhosis. Doppler sonography, which revealed virtually no blood flow in the vessel, also supported the diagnosis. Gadolinium-enhanced MRI subsequently revealed the patency of the vessel. The extremely slow portal venous flow was considered to be the cause of false-positive findings with unenhanced MRI and sonography.

Source: Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

DOI: 10.1002/jmri.10048

Authors: Masayuki Matsuo, Masayuki Kanematsu, Youichi Nishigaki, Hiroshi Kondo, Satoshi Goshima, Sunaho Maeda, Eiichi Tomita, Hiroaki Hoshi

Institutions: Gifu University, Gifu Municipal Hospital

Language: English

Topic: Liver Disease and Transplantation

Subfield: Hepatology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2112377932

FWCI: 0.434

Cites: 8

Cited by: 4

Related to: 10