Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences
Online ISSN : 1880-2206
Print ISSN : 1347-3182
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MR Imaging of Carcinosarcoma of the Liver using Gd-EOB-DTPA
Tsuyoshi YASUTAKE Shigeru KIRYUHiroyuki AKAITakeyuki WATADANIMasaaki AKAHANENobuo TOMIZAWAWataru GONOIMasako IKEMURAMasamichi TAKAHASHIYujiro MATSUOKAKuni OHTOMO
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Article ID: 2013-0011

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We present a case of a 69-year-old man with primary hepatic carcinosarcoma who underwent computed tomography that revealed a hypervascular hepatic tumor with local dense calcification. Gadolinium-ethoxybenzyl-diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (Gd-EOB-DTPA)-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging revealed hyperintense lesions in the hepatobiliary phase that indicated hepatocellular carcinoma with bile production. The patient underwent right lobectomy, and the presence of a sarcoma component within the tumor on histopathology confirmed liver carcinosarcoma that included hepatocellular carcinoma. In cases with atypical images that resemble this case, the hyperintensity of a lesion in the hepatobiliary phase aids differential diagnosis.

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