INTRODUCTION:

The liver hosts a variety of benign and malignant tumors. Accurate diagnosis can be challenging in certain cases, especially in patients with a history of malignancy or in those with underlying liver pathology, such as cirrhosis.

OBJECTIVES:

To evaluate the added clinical value of multi-modality liver imaging utilizing PET/Ce-CT/DW-MRI for characterization of hepatic focal lesions (HFL) and compare it with each diagnostic modality when interpreted alone.

METHODS:

The study included 35 patients with HFL. They were 7 females & 28 males; their age ranged from 41 to 78years, all patients underwent PET/Ce-CT and DW-MRI scans. Ce-CT, PET and DW-MR images were reviewed independently, and then combined PET/Ce-CT, PET/DW-MRI and PET/Ce-CT/DW-MRI scans were analyzed. The results were correlated with histopathology or clinical/imaging follow-up.

 

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