Hepatic fatty infiltration generally appears in a widespread form but it can occasionally involve the liver in an irregular way. As regards focal forms, nodular focal fatty infiltration (NFFI) has great importance regarding problems of differential diagnosis with benign and malignant focal pathology of the liver. Except for this aspect, NFFI has little clinical importance as it is mainly asympt...

Background cMRI is frequently used to assess right ventricular (RV) morphology and function in patients with suspected ARVD and is the gold standard for fatty metaplasia amongst all non-invasive imaging tests. However, the incidence and severity of RV fatty infiltration by cMRI is not well defined. Here, stratified by age, we investigate the prevalence and severity of RV fat infiltration in a l...

Areas of hypoattenuation in the liver which do not have mass effect are typically thought to represent focal fatty infiltration. Rarely, tumors can present without mass effect in the liver. We present a case in which areas of liver hypoattenuation which were initially thought to represent focal fatty infiltration on CT due to lack of mass effect had abnormal uptake on a FDG PET/CT exam; these a...

Obesity and intrapancreatic fatty infiltration are associated with increased risk of pancreatic cancer and its precursor lesions. The interplay among obesity, inflammation, and oncogenic Kras signaling promotes pancreatic tumorigenesis. Targeting the interaction between obesity-associated inflammation and Kras signaling may provide new strategies for prevention and therapy of pancreatic cancer.

background: the frequency of sonographic report of liver fat infiltration in asymptomatic person is increasing. the aim of this study was evaluation of liver function and detection of frequency of metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance in asymptomatic persons with fatty liver in sonographic examinations. materials and methods: seventy six patients with fatty liver in sonographic examination ...

BACKGROUND Current evaluation of muscle fatty infiltration has been limited by subjective classifications. Quantitative fat evaluation through magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may allow for an improved longitudinal evaluation of the effect of surgical repair on the progression of fatty infiltration. HYPOTHESES We hypothesized that (1) patients with isolated full-thickness supraspinatus tendon...

Two hundred consecutive cases of the sudden infant death syndrome were reviewed for the presence of fat in the liver; 14 showed diffuse panlobular microvesicular fatty change indistinguishable from that found in Reye's syndrome. Samples of frozen liver were available in five of the 14 cases; histochemical analysis showed well preserved cytochrome oxidase and succinate dehydrogenase activity in ...

BACKGROUND Disability of the shoulder joint is often caused by a tear in the rotator cuff (RC) muscles. Four RC muscles coordinate shoulder movement and stability, among them the supraspinatus and infraspinatus muscle which are predominantly torn. The contribution of each RC muscle to tear pathology is not fully understood. We hypothesized that muscle atrophy and fatty infiltration, features of...