[MR tomography of hepatic hemangioma]

Abstract

MR tomography of the liver using 1.5 T has been carried out in 63 patients with focal lesions in order to demonstrate haemangiomas and to differentiate these from primary and secondary malignant liver tumours. This differentiation was possible in all patients, using conventional spin echo and inversion recovery sequences in combination with sonography. Accuracy was much less good when using gradient echo sequences. With sufficiently large tumours, measurement of relaxation time made possible diagnosis of all the 22 haemangiomas.