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Fig. 9 & 10

From: Causes of hepatic capsular retraction: a pictorial essay

Fig. 9 & 10

Axial CT (upper image) demonstrates a non-enhancing low-density solitary liver lesion with capsular retraction in a patient with newly diagnosed rectal carcinoma. The density of the lesion is slightly greater than the gallbladder. On T2-weighted MRI (lower image), the lesion is heterogeneous and hyperintense with capsular retraction. No enhancement was present (not shown). The lesion was resected as a suspected mucinous metastatic deposit, but histology showed a sclerosed haemangioma

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