Journal
ABDOMINAL RADIOLOGY
Volume 46, Issue 2, Pages 544-561Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-020-02642-z
Keywords
Hepatic infection; Liver imaging; Liver infection
Funding
- University of Fribourg
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Hepatic infections are common in clinical practice and imaging plays a crucial role in confirming the diagnosis, assessing disease extension and complications, evaluating treatment response, and making differential diagnoses. Familiarity with the radiological features of hepatic infections can aid in suggesting the correct diagnosis and determining appropriate treatment.
Hepatic infections are frequent in clinical practice. Although epidemiological, clinical and laboratory data may suggest hepatic infection in certain cases, imaging is nearly always necessary to confirm the diagnosis, assess disease extension and its complications, evaluate the response to treatment, and sometimes to make differential diagnoses such as malignancies. Ultrasound (US) is usually the first-line investigation, while computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provide better characterization and a more precise assessment of local extension, especially biliary and vascular. The purpose of this article is to describe the typical features and main complications of common hepatic infections. Familiarity with the radiological features of this entity can help suggest the correct diagnosis and the need for further studies as well as determine appropriate and timely treatment.
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