Targetlike Appearance of Pseudotumors in Segment IV of the Liver on Sonography
Leopoldo Rubaltelli1,
Sergio Savastano2,
Yeganeh Khadivi1,
Roberto Stramare1,
Alberto Tregnaghi1 and
Pierpaolo Da Pian3
1
Department of Medical Diagnostic Sciences and Special Therapies, University of
Padua, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128 Padua, Italy.
2
Department of Radiology, Cittadella Hospital, 35013 Cittadella (PD),
Italy.
3
Department of Surgery, University of Padua, 35128 Padua, Italy.

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Fig. 1A. Pseudotumor variations seen on sonography. In 64-year-old man
with fatty liver, sonogram of porta hepatis shows targetlike appearance of
pseudotumor (arrows).
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Fig. 2A. Targetlike pseudotumors seen on sonography. In 75-year-old
man with fatty liver, sonogram shows targetlike pseudotumor (arrows)
immediately anterior to portal vein.
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Fig. 3A. 56-year-old woman with fatty liver. Sonogram of targetlike
pseudotumor (arrowheads).
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Fig. 3B. 56-year-old woman with fatty liver. Unenhanced (B) and
enhanced (C) CT scans obtained at same site as A reveal area of
hyper attenuation with small zone of central hypoattenuation
(arrows).
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Fig. 3C. 56-year-old woman with fatty liver. Unenhanced (B) and
enhanced (C) CT scans obtained at same site as A reveal area of
hyper attenuation with small zone of central hypoattenuation
(arrows).
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Fig. 1B. Pseudotumor variations seen on sonography. In 56-year-old man
with fatty liver, sonogram shows hypoechoic pseudolesion.
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Fig. 2B. Targetlike pseudotumors seen on sonography. In 69-year-old
man with metastasis (arrows) of colonic carcinoma, sonogram shows similar
appearance to A in morphology, structure, and site.
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Fig. 1C. Pseudotumor variations seen on sonography. In 44-year-old
woman with dyspepsia, sonogram shows hyperechoic pseudolesion.
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