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ArticleRadiology case reports2022

A radiological footprint equivalent to liquefactive necrosis observed in the course of disappearing liver metastases in rectal cancer: A case report and review of the literature.

Kazuki Yamada, Yasuhiko Fujita, Teruyoshi Amagai

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Article in Radiology case reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kazuki YamadaDepartment of Medicine, Tokunoshima Tokushukai General Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan.
Yasuhiko FujitaDepartment of Medicine, Tokunoshima Tokushukai General Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan.
Teruyoshi AmagaiDepartment of Medicine, Tokunoshima Tokushukai General Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan.
Fukuoka Tokushukai Hospital · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 72-year-old female diagnosed with rectal cancer treated with a surgical procedure was reported. As 3 liver metastases (LMs) appeared in multidetector CT, adjuvant chemotherapy using Bevacizumab combined with modified FOLFOX-6 was completed. LMs were changed to cystic lesions during the follow-up period, consistent with liquefactive necrosis. These cystic lesions that appeared in the course of disappearing LMs (DLMs) were identified by CT as homogeneous low signal intensity in hepatocyte specific Gd-enhanced MRI. This might be pathognomonic radiological footprint equivalent to liquefactive necrosis observed in the process of DLM and must be carefully followed in the course of radiological complete response. The radiological changing findings of LMs to cystic changes, high sensitivity of detecting DLM, and limitations of Gd-MRI might be meaningful to clinicians.

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Colorectal cancerDisappearing liver metastases (DLM)EOB MRILiquefactive necrosisMagnetic resonance imaging (MRI)Radiological complete response

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PMID35685302
PMCPMC9170739
OpenAlexW4229002154

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