The liver is the major drug-metabolizing and drug-detoxifying organ.Many drugs can cause liver damage through various mechanisms;however,the liver response to injury includes a relatively narrow spectrum of alteration...
BACKGROUND Splenic peliosis is a disease characterized by widespread blood-filled cystic cavities within the parenchyma. Patients with this disease are usually asymptomatic;therefore, spontaneous or trauma-related rup...
Purpose: The aim of this report is to describe the unusual MR imaging characteristics observed in two patients with biopsy-proven peliosis hepatis. Imaging findings using gadoxetate disodium (Eovist) as the contrast a...
Supported by The National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81272373;the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province, China, No. 2012J01358
This report describes a case of a space-occupying lesion in the right liver in a 38-year-old man who was found to have peliosis hepatis. Clinical data of this patient were presented, including medical history, laborat...
Peliosis hepatis is a rare benign vascular disorder of the liver that may be associated with malignancy, infection and drugs. The imaging manifestation of this disorder is often variable and nonspecific making its dia...