BACKGROUND This study was conducted to investigate whether apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) measurements by dividing the liver into left and right hepatic lobes may be utilized to improve the accuracy of differential diagnosis of benign and malignant focal liver lesions. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 269 consecutive patients with 429 focal liver lesions were examined by 3-T magnetic re...

INTRODUCTION The present study objective was to evaluate the incidence of methotrexate (MTX)-specific liver lesions from the analysis of a liver biopsy of inflammatory arthritis patients with elevated liver enzymes. METHODS A case-control study was performed with 1,571 arthritis patients on long-term low-dose MTX therapy. Results of liver biopsy were analyzed in 41 patients with elevated live...

Abstract Leucine-rich α-2 glycoprotein (LRG), one of the acute phase proteins mainly produced by liver, similar to C-reactive protein, has been recognized as an inflammatory biomarker for rheumatoid arthritis and bowel diseases. We recently demonstrated that LRG was also increased in sera psoriasis patients correlated well with disease activity a sensitivity specificity much higher than protein...

Morphological features of lesions conforming to the description of solitary necrotic nodules of the liver were compared with liver haemangiomata and necrotic tumour metastases in the liver. An origin in haemangiomata is confirmed for most of the lesions studied, although the necrotic nodule may represent the end stage of a variety of lesions. These lesions are usually benign, although necrotic ...

primary non-hodgkin lymphoma of liver is a very rare malignancy. here we report a case of primary hepatic burkitt’s lymphoma in a 34-year old man who was known case of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) and presented with weight loss, abdominal pain, and fever. positive laboratory findings were mild anemia and elevated levels of lactate dehydrogenase (ldh) and alkaline phosphatase (alp)....