Angiomyolipoma MRI

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]

Overview

Abdominal MRI may be diagnostic of angiomyolipoma. On MRI, angiomyolipoma is characterized by high signal intensity on non-fat saturated sequences, and loss of signal following fat saturation.

MRI

Abdominal MRI may be diagnostic of angiomyolipoma. On MRI fat saturated techniques demonstrate

• high signal intensity on non-fat saturated sequences
• loss of signal following fat saturation

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