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Research Article| Volume 7, ISSUE 2, P227-228, May 1983

Computed tomographic diagnosis of hepatic metastases in fatty infiltration

  • Neela Lamki
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    Address reprint requests to: N. Lamki, MD, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital, Box 5339, Station ‘A’, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5A5.
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    Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital and University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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  • Bharat Raval
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    Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital and University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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      Abstract

      A patient with carcinoma of head of pancreas is described. The density of liver metqastases on computed tomography was much higher than the density of the surrounding liver parenchyma due to the fatty infiltration of liver.

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