Abdominal Imaging - Pictorial Essay

Imaging for abdominal involvement in amyloidosis

10.5152/dir.2017.16484

  • H. Nursun Özcan
  • Mithat Haliloğlu
  • Cenk Sökmensüer
  • Deniz Akata
  • Mustafa Özmen
  • Muşturay Karçaaltıncaba

Received Date: 22.10.2016 Accepted Date: 03.01.2017 Diagn Interv Radiol 2017;23(4):282-285

Involvement of the abdominal organs has variable presentations mostly without specific findings. The objective of this pictorial essay was to illustrate the computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of abdominal involvement in systemic amyloidosis. Heterogeneous appearance of the liver, periportal involvement, diffuse low signal intensity of spleen on T2-weighted MRI, and thickened bowel wall may be helpful imaging findings when accompanied by presence or history of chronic inflammatory disease and clinical suspicion for amyloidosis.