Iron overload in the liver diagnostic and quantification.
Eur J Radiol
; 61(3): 499-506, 2007 Mar.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17166681
ABSTRACT
Hereditary Hemochromatosis is the most frequent modality of iron overload. Since 1996 genetic tests have facilitated significantly the non-invasive diagnosis of the disease. There are however many cases of negative genetic tests that require confirmation by hepatic iron quantification which is traditionally performed by hepatic biopsy. There are many studies that have demonstrated the possibility of performing hepatic iron quantification with Magnetic Resonance. However, a consensus has not been reached yet regarding the technique or the possibility to reproduce the same method of calculus in different machines. This article reviews the state of the art of the question and delineates possible future lines to standardise this non-invasive method of hepatic iron quantification.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética
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Hemocromatose
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Ferro
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Fígado
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Eur J Radiol
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Espanha