20140407  Multiple hepatic nodules  : Answer

 

 

 

Key words: VMC, von Meyenburg’s complex, biliary hamartoma,  胆管過誤腫、胆管性過誤腫, comet-tail sign, DWI, diffusion weighted imaging, APKD

Key images:

80-year-old man with VMC or biliary hamartoma.

 

 

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