Hepatic Hemosiderosis After Portacaval Shunt Surgery in Alcoholic Cirrhosis: A Sometime Thing

MR Imaging of Liver Cirrhosis

“…The frequency of hemosiderin deposition, which is the only stainable form of iron, has been reported to be 10%, 32%, and 37% (3,10,23). Hemosiderin is insoluble and compartmentalized; therefore, it may be incapable of influencing the relaxation times of bulk tissue water, especially 202 T2 shortening by its paramagnetic effect (1).…”