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World J Radiol. Dec 28, 2014; 6(12): 932-936
Published online Dec 28, 2014. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v6.i12.932
Published online Dec 28, 2014. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v6.i12.932
Focal fatty change in the liver that developed after cholecystectomy
Akinobu Osame, Toshimichi Mitsufuji, Shinichi Kora, Kengo Yoshimitsu, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan
Daisuke Morihara, Hideo Kunimoto, Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan
Author contributions: Osame A, Mitsufuji T, Kora S and Yoshimitsu K designed the report; Morihara D and Kunimoto H collected the patient’s clinical date; Osame A and Yoshimitsu K wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Dr. Akinobu Osame, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan. karisumachan@gmail.com
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Received: January 22, 2014
Revised: September 2, 2014
Accepted: October 31, 2014
Published online: December 28, 2014
Revised: September 2, 2014
Accepted: October 31, 2014
Published online: December 28, 2014
Core Tip
Core tip: We herein present a case with a history of chronic hepatitis C, who initially was misdiagnosed to have a well-differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma, but was finally diagnosed to have a focal fatty change due to aberrant pancreaticoduodenal vein that developed after cholecystectomy.