Key result
Magnetic resonance imaging can detect minute amounts of macroscopic and intracellular fat in abdominal lesions that are invisible on computed tomography, significantly narrowing the differential diagnosis.
Why the study?
Does MRI improve the detection of invisible fat in abdominal lesions compared to CT and ultrasonography?
Does MRI improve the detection of invisible fat in abdominal lesions compared to CT and ultrasonography?
MRI is superior to CT for detecting and characterizing minute amounts of fat in abdominal lesions, which can significantly narrow differential diagnoses.
Presence of fat in a lesion significantly narrows the differential diagnosis. Small quantities of macroscopic fat and intracellular fat are invisible on computed tomography (CT) and ultrasonography. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can reveal any fatty change in a lesion and can also differentiate macroscopic fat from intracellular and intravoxel fat. Hypodensity on CT may be a sign of invisible fat and MRI can help to diagnose even minute amounts of fat in liver, pancreas, adrenal, musculoskeletal, and omental pseudolesions and lesions. This article will review the superiority of MRI over CT in demonstrating fat in abdominal lesions.
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Ünal et al. (2016) conducted a review in Abdominal lesions with invisible fat on CT. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) vs. Computed tomography (CT) was evaluated. Magnetic resonance imaging can detect minute amounts of macroscopic and intracellular fat in abdominal lesions that are invisible on computed tomography, significantly narrowing the differential diagnosis.
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