Is magnetic resonance imaging of @entity99 any different in liver @entity82 and XXXX compared to normal liver?

@entity1 @entity82 @entity2695 @entity409 @entity157 @entity99
PURPOSE: To compare qualitative and quantitative magnetic resonance (MR) imaging characteristics of @entity99 in @entity1 with normal, fibrotic and cirrhotic livers. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Retrospective, institutional review board approved study (waiver of informed consent). Eighty-nine consecutive @entity1 with 231 @entity99 who underwent liver MR imaging for lesion characterization were included. Lesions were classified into three groups according to the @entity1 ' liver condition: no underlying @entity409 (group 1), @entity82 (group 2) and @entity82 (group 3). Qualitative and quantitative characteristics (number, size, signal intensities on T1-, T2-, and DW MR images, T2 shine-through effect, enhancement patterns (classical, rapidly filling, delayed filling), and ADC values) were compared. RESULTS: There were 160 (69%), 45 (20%), and 26 (11%) @entity2695 in groups 1, 2 and 3, respectively. Lesions were larger in @entity1 with normal liver (group 1 vs. groups 2 and 3; P=.009). No difference was found between the groups on T2-weighted images (fat-suppressed fast spin-echo (P=.82) and single-shot (P=.25)) and in enhancement patterns (P=.56). Mean ADC values of @entity2695 were similar between groups 1, 2 and 3 (2.11  .52*10(-3)mm(2)/s, 2.1  .53*10(-3)mm(2)/s and 2.14  .44*10(-3)mm(2)/s, P=87, respectively). T2 shine-through effect was less frequently observed in @entity82 (P=.02). CONCLUSION: MR imaging characteristics of @entity99 were similar in @entity1 with normal compared to fibrotic and cirrhotic livers. Smaller lesion size was observed with @entity409 and less T2 shine-through effect was seen in @entity2695 developed on @entity82 , the latter being an important finding to highlight in these @entity1 at risk of developing @entity157 .
