Hyperechogenic liver lesions can be either benign or malignant. Evidence shows that hyperechogenicity is caused by factors such as fat deposition, sinusoidal dilation, peliotic changes, and pseudoglandular patterns. Fat deposition is a common cause of increased echogenicity in hepatocellular carcinoma (...
1. Introduction Nondiffuse fatty liver is considered to develop when the fat accumulation ability of hepatocytes or fat deposition becomes heterogeneous throughout the liver and is classified into the following 4 types: focal steatosis, multifocal steatosis, lobar or segmental steatosis, and focal ...