Subcentimeter hepatocellular carcinoma in treatment-naïve patients: noninvasive diagnostic criteria and tumor staging on gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI.

Shin Hye HwangSeung Baek HongSumi ParkKyunghwa HanYoung Nyun ParkSo Yeon KimChang Moo Kang

Published in: European radiology (2020)

• Fifty percent of non-benign appearing subcentimeter lesions found in patients with co-HCCs were HCC, whereas 5.9% of them without co-HCCs were HCC (p = 0.001). • Including subcentimeter HCCs improved the accuracy of MR staging from 84.5 to 94.5% (p = 0.001).

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction
contrast enhanced
pet ct
peritoneal dialysis
diffusion weighted imaging
prognostic factors
magnetic resonance
patient reported