A Case of Hepatic Endometriosis with Periodic Right Upper Quadrant Pain

Watari H, Hidetoshi Watari, Naotoshi Shibahara, Shibahara N, Ebisawa S, Shigeru Ebisawa, Tatsuya Nogami, Fujimoto M, Makoto Fujimoto, Hikiami H, Hiroaki HIKIAMI, Shimada Y, Yutaka Shimada
Nihon Naika Gakkai zasshi. The Journal of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine · 2012 · vol. 101(11) , pp. 3233–3235 · doi:10.2169/naika.101.3233 · PMID:23342597 · W2440888815
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A 44-year-old woman with periodic right upper quadrant pain was diagnosed with hepatic endometriosis via MRI, which resolved and lesions reduced with GnRH analogue therapy.

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症例は44歳，女性．主訴は周期的な右季肋部痛．腹部MRIで肝周囲に多発性の嚢胞性病変を認め，子宮内膜症に特徴的なshadingの所見（T1強調像で高信号，T2強調像で高信号から低信号が混在）より肝子宮内膜症と診断した．GnRHアナログによるホルモン療法を施行し右季肋部痛は消失，病変の縮小も得られた．肝子宮内膜症は稀な疾患であるが，その診断には痛みと月経周期との関連を聴取すること，およびMRIによる画像診断が有用である．

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endometriosis

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Endometriosis Liver Diseases Abdominal Pain Adult Endometriosis Female Humans Liver Diseases Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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