Chronic Hepatitis C Activity: Correlation with Lymphadenopathy on MR Imaging
Xiao-Ming Zhang1,2,
Donald G. Mitchell1,
Hongyu Shi1,
George A. Holland1,
Laurence Parker1,
Steven K. Herrine3,
Denise Pasqualin4 and
Raphael Rubin4
1 Department of Radiology, Thomas Jefferson University, 1096 Main Bldg., 132 S.
10th St., Philadelphia, PA 19107.
2 Present address: Department of Radiology, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan
Medical College, 113 Culture Rd., Nanchong, Sichuan 637000, People's Republic
of China.
3 Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Thomas
Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107.
4 Department of Pathology, Anatomy, and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson
University, Philadelphia, PA 19107.

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Fig. 1A. 39-year-old man with mild activity of chronic hepatitis C.
Periportal lymph node measured 19 x 9 mm2. Axial
gadolinium-enhanced MR images shows node (arrow).
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Fig. 1B. 39-year-old man with mild activity of chronic hepatitis C.
Periportal lymph node measured 19 x 9 mm2. On axial
fat-suppressed T2-weighted MR image, node (arrow) is isointense to
spleen.
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Fig. 2. 51-year-old woman with moderate activity of chronic hepatitis
C. Fat-suppressed T2-weighted MR image shows moderately hyperintense lymph
nodes (arrows) in periportal and portocaval locations. Largest node
is 26 x 12 mm2.
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Fig. 3. 31-year-old woman with severe activity of chronic hepatitis
C. Fat-suppressed T2-weighted MR image shows multiple periportal and
portocaval lymph nodes (arrows) larger than 5 mm in diameter. Largest
lymph node is 24 x13 mm2. All are hyperintense relative to
spleen.
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