Magnetic resonance imaging of inflammatory pseudotumor of the liver: a 2021 systematic literature update and series presentation.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Inflammatory pseudotumors of the liver (IPTL) are not exceptional benign lesions with various etiologies, histology, and imaging appearances. The incomplete knowledge of this pathology and the wide polymorphism sometimes resembling malignancy often induce long and expensive diagnostic flow, biopsy and occasionally unnecessary surgery. We propose a systematic revision of MRI literature data (2000-2021) with some narrative inserts and 10 new complete MRI cases, with the aim of organizing the data about IPTL and identifying some typical features able to improve its diagnosis from imaging.

Methods

We performed a systematic revision of literature from 2000 to 2021 to obtain MRI features, epidemiological, and clinical data of IPTL. The basic online search algorithm on the

SUBMITTER: Calistri L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9300573 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature