Srinivasan Sivasubramanian, Tan Yi Qi, Teh Hui Seong, Lee Piao Jarrod, Khoo Ree Nee
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore 768828 Republic of Singapore.
Department of Gastroenterology,Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore 768828 Republic of Singapore.
J Gastrointestin Liver Dis. 2014 Dec;23(4):437-40. doi: 10.15403/jgld.2014.1121.234.hamy.
Amyloidosis is characterized by the deposition of extracellular protein material, amyloid, in various organs. The clinical and imaging features of the disease are often nonspecific and a tissue biopsy is often required. We present the case of a 64-year-old man with biopsy proven amyloidosis of the liver. The patient presented with non-specific clinical symptoms. Routine imaging showed hepatomegaly with heterogeneous enhancement, and several large nodular space occupying lesions, mimicking neoplasm. MR elastography revealed an extremely stiff liver. Amyloidosis presenting as multiple nodular masses on the background of diffuse infiltrative pattern or demonstration of extreme stiffness in hepatic amyloidosis on MR elastography have not been described previously.
淀粉样变性的特征是细胞外蛋白质物质淀粉样蛋白在各种器官中沉积。该疾病的临床和影像学特征通常不具有特异性,常常需要进行组织活检。我们报告一例64岁男性,经活检证实为肝脏淀粉样变性。患者表现为非特异性临床症状。常规影像学检查显示肝脏肿大,强化不均匀,并有几个大的结节状占位性病变,类似肿瘤。磁共振弹性成像显示肝脏极度僵硬。此前尚未有关于在弥漫性浸润性背景下表现为多个结节性肿块的淀粉样变性或磁共振弹性成像显示肝脏淀粉样变性极度僵硬的报道。