Multifocal nodular steatosis mimicking liver metastasis
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DOI: 10.1590/S1679-45082017AI3869 We report a case of a 56-year-old male under investigation for large lytic lesion at clivus. After lesion resection, patient was referred to abdominal computed tomography scan for metastasis screening. The lesion was posteriorly characterized as chondroid chordoma at histopathology examination. On non-enhanced computed tomography, multiple hypottenuating nodules of different sizes were seen; the largest nodule had 3.2cm. On post-contrast phases lesions had similar enhancement to adjacent liver parenchyma. However, no significant mass effect or invasiveness were seen, once vascular structures (liver veins and portal branches) crossed such nodules without dislocation or invasion. Our findings, although not pathognomonic, suggested the hypothesis of multifocal nodular steatosis. In order to confim the diagnosis, patient underwent a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that further characterized lipid within the lesions. On MRI this characteristic can be explored by chemical shift technique in which there is signal drop on out-of-phase sequence compared to in-phase sequence. Fat deposits in liver parenchyma are frequent and have a prevalence of 15% in general population.(1,2) Nodular patterns are uncommon, and can be mistaken for metastasis, which is particularly problematic in Figure 1. (A) Non-enhanced computed tomography on axial A coronal reformatted. (B) Showing multiple hypoattenuating liver nodules A B
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