50 Liver Calcification

CLINICAL IMAGAGINGAN ATLAS OF DIFFERENTIAL DAIGNOSIS

EISENBERG

DR. Muhammad Bin Zulfiqar PGR-FCPS III SIMS/SHL

• Fig GI 50-1 Hepatobiliary tuberculosis. Multiple, confluent coarse or chalky calcifications.62

• Fig GI 50-2 Hydatid liver cyst. Extensive calcification of a huge right upper quadrant mass.

• Fig GI 50-3 Alveolar hydatic disease (Echinococcus multilocularis).63

• Fig GI 50-4 Calcified pyogenic liver abscess.

• Fig GI 50-5 Calcified guinea worm in the right lobe of the liver.64

• Fig GI 50-6 Calcified liver metastases from colloid carcinoma of the colon producing a diffuse, finely granular pattern.

• Fig GI 50-7 Portal vein. Track-like calcification with irregular margins directed along the course of the portal vein (arrows).65

• Fig GI 50-8 Appearance simulating intrinsic hepatic calcification due to inadvertent intraperitoneal extravasation of barium, which produced an opaque shell around the liver.

• Fig GI 50-9 Hemochromatosis. Extremely dense liver shadow in the right upper quadrant is caused by parenchymal deposition of iron.66

• Fig GI 50-10 Prior injection of Thorotrast causing generalized increased density of the liver and spleen.