Magnetic Resonance Features of Liver Mucinous Colorectal Metastases: What the Radiologist Should Know.
Vincenza GranataRoberta FuscoFederica De MuzioCarmen CutoloSergio Venanzio SetolaFederica Dell'AversanaAndrea BelliCarmela RomanoAlessandro OttaianoGuglielmo NastiAntonio AvalloneVittorio MieleFabiana TatangeloAntonella PetrilloFrancesco IzzoPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2022)
The final study population included 52 patients (33 men and 19 women) with 63 years of median age (range 37-82 years) and 157 metastases. In 35 patients, we found 118 non-mucinous type metastases (control group), and in 17 patients, we found 39 mucinous type metastases (study group A). During follow-up, recurrence occurred in 12 patients, and three exhibited mucinous types among them. In the study group, all lesions (100%) showed hypointense SI on T1-W, very high SI (similar to hepatic hemangioma) in T2-W with restricted diffusion and iso-hypointense signals in the ADC map. During the contrast study, the main significant feature is the peripheral progressive enhancement.