Case Reports in Radiology (Jan 2012)

CT and MRI Findings of Hepatic Involvement in Rendu-Osler-Weber Disease

  • Mehmet Bilgin,
  • Seyma Yildiz,
  • Huseyin Toprak,
  • Issam Cheikh Ahmad,
  • Ercan Kocakoc

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/484085
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2012

Abstract

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Rendu-Osler-Weber disease is a rare autosomal dominant disorder. Hepatic involvement manifests itself as vascular, parenchymal, and biliary lesions with characteristic telangiectasias and vascular shunts. In a 37-year-old female patient, dynamic contrast-enhanced upper abdominal CT and MRI were performed. CT and MRI revealed dilated celiac trunk and hepatic artery. On early arterial phase, dilated hepatic veins showed significant enhancement. On arterial and portal venous phases, liver showed significantly heterogeneous contrast enhancement and showed homogenous enhancement in the hepatic parenchymal phase. On the magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography, irregular biliary ducts with strictures and dilatation were seen.