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From: Can preoperative liver MRI with gadoxetic acid help reduce open-close laparotomies for curative intent pancreatic cancer surgery?

Fig. 2

A 78-year-old female with otherwise resectable pancreatic cancer. A small liver metastasis (arrows) was diagnosed in segment 6 on EOB-MRI (a-d), but was invisible on CECT (e). While the lesion (arrows) shows faint rim enhancement in arterial (a) and portal (b) phases, and diffusion restriction in DWI (c), it is clearly detectable on hepatobiliary phase (d). This impacted the surgical plan (compared to CECT alone) with cancellation of curative-intent surgery and potential avoidance of a futile laparotomy

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Cancer Imaging

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