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Causes of altered liver attenuation

“ Increased Decreased Increased or decreased Amiodarone Fatty infiltration Glycogen storage disease Thorotrastosis Steroid use Cisplatin Che...

IncreasedDecreasedIncreased or decreased
AmiodaroneFatty infiltrationGlycogen storage disease
ThorotrastosisSteroid use
CisplatinChemotherapy
HaemochromatosisNutritional
HaemosiderosisAmyloid
Iron overloadHepatic venous congestion
Wilson diseaseDiabetes

Note: Hyperattenuation is due to high-atomic number element infiltration; hypoattenuation is due to increased low-atomic number elements (e.g. C, H and O).