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Unwanted weight loss

    Author: Carlo Catalano, MD, Rome, Italy
    Body Region: Abdomen and Pelvis

    1. Patient presentation
    2. CT Images
    3. CT Findings
    4. Diagnosis
    5. References

    1. Patient presentation

    • A 40-year-old, otherwise healthy woman experienced unwanted weight loss
    • Laboratory testing returned normal findings.
    • Abdominal ultrasonography revealed a slightly hyperechoic lesion with a hypoechoic rim in liver
      segment V.
    • Multiphasic contrast-enhanced CT of the liver was performed.