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Erschienen in: Abdominal Radiology 4/2017

23.11.2016 | Classics in Abdominal Imaging

The focal hepatic hot spot (“hot quadrate”) sign

verfasst von: Faisal Fahad Aloufi, Faisal Mohammed Alabdulkarim, Meshal Ali Alshahrani

Erschienen in: Abdominal Radiology | Ausgabe 4/2017

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The focal hepatic hot spot (formerly “hot quadrate”) sign represents a segment IV hyperenhancing area during the arterial or early portal venous phase of contrast-enhanced CT [1] (Fig. 1). The equivalent appearance of the focal hepatic hot spot sign has been also described in 99mTc–sulfur colloid scans of the liver and spleen. It was described as an area of increased radiotracer activity in segment IV and formerly referred to as the hot quadrate sign [2]. …
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Metadaten
Titel
The focal hepatic hot spot (“hot quadrate”) sign
verfasst von
Faisal Fahad Aloufi
Faisal Mohammed Alabdulkarim
Meshal Ali Alshahrani
Publikationsdatum
23.11.2016
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Abdominal Radiology / Ausgabe 4/2017
Print ISSN: 2366-004X
Elektronische ISSN: 2366-0058
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-016-0997-z

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