SCLEROSED LIVER HEMANGIOMA MIMICKING MALIGNANT-TUMOR AT MR-IMAGING - PATHOLOGICAL CORRELATION

This case report illustrates atypical magnetic resonance (MR) imaging findings in a liver hemangioma mimicking a malignant lesion-lower sign al intensity than cerebrospinal fluid on T2-weighted spin-echo images and lack of early enhancement on dynamic contrast material-enhanced gr adient-echo images. Pathologic analysis demonstrated nearly total repl acement of the vascular cavities by dense fibrous tissue. In this rare , sclerosed form, this lesion could not be defined an a hemangioma wit h MR imaging.