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Acute Liver Disease

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CT of the Acute Abdomen

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Acute liver disease may be due to various causes and different mechanisms. Although the contribution of imaging to diagnosis is low in paracetamol (acetaminophen) overdose (the most common cause of acute liver failure in Western countries) and viral hepatitis, imaging, and especially CT, plays an important role in diagnosis of hemorrhagic hepatic lesions or acute vascular disorders.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Hôpital Beaujon, Paris, France 

    Valérie Vilgrain

  2. Department of Hepatology, Hôpital Beaujon, Paris, France 

    François Durand

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Vilgrain, V., Durand, F. (2010). Acute Liver Disease. In: Taourel, P. (eds) CT of the Acute Abdomen. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/174_2010_93

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