Enhancement patterns and signal-intensity characteristics of small hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhosis: Pathologic basis and diagnostic challenges

European Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2969-2982

  Efremidis, Stavros C ^a   Hytiroglou, Prodromos ^b   Matsui, Osamu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Computed tomography; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Magnetic resonance imaging; Nodular lesions

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM; GLYPICAN 3; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY CANCER; ECHOGRAPHY; HEPATITIS B; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER ARTERIOGRAPHY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NODULE; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 35348991777     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-007-0705-z     Document Type: Article

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