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Magnetic-resonance-guided biopsy of focal liver lesions

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Image-guided biopsy techniques are widely used in clinical practice. Commonly used methods employ either ultrasound (US) or computed tomography (CT) for image guidance. In certain patients, US or CT guidance may be suboptimal, or even impossible, because of artifacts, suboptimal lesion visualization, or both. We recently began performing magnetic resonance (MR)-guided biopsy of focal liver lesions in select pediatric patients with lesions that are not well visualized by US or CT. This report describes our experience performing MR-guided biopsy of focal liver lesions, with case examples to illustrate innovative techniques and novel aspects of these procedures.

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  1. Section of Pediatric Radiology, C. S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Health System, 1540 E. Hospital Drive, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-4252, USA

    Ethan A. Smith

  2. Division of Interventional Radiology, C. S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Jason J. Grove & Marcus D. Jarboe

  3. Department of Anesthesiology, C. S. Mott Children’s Hospital, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Abraham F. L. Van Der Spek

  4. Section of Pediatric Surgery, C. S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Marcus D. Jarboe

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Smith, E.A., Grove, J.J., Van Der Spek, A.F. et al. Magnetic-resonance-guided biopsy of focal liver lesions. Pediatr Radiol 47, 750–754 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-017-3788-y

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