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Liver CT Appearances

 

 


Cirrhosis CT Findings

  • Nodular liver with increase in size of left lobe with decrease size of the right lobe
  • Increased distance between abdominal wall and liver surface
  • Nodularity to the liver will vary with nodules often seen on non-contrast CT as high density nodules
  • Hypervascular nodules on arterial phase are usually hepatoma
  • Heterogenous liver texture
  • Surface nodularity
  • High density nodules in the liver on non-contrast images
  • Caudate Hypertrophy
    • Transverse caudate width : right lobe width
    • > 0.65
  • Segmental hypertrophy of segments II and III
  • Segmental atrophy of segments VI, VII, and IV
  • Enlarged gallbladder fossa
  • Enlarged periportal space
  • Peribiliary cysts

Cirrhosis CT Findings

Related Pearls: Cirrhosis

Related Lectures:
MDCT Evaluation of Parenchymal Liver Disease Part 1

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