title: Hepatocellular carcinoma imaging.
abstract: Radionuclide scintigraphy can give a specific diagnosis when a hypervascular "cold" defect on colloid scans "fills in" with gallium scanning. The majority of hepatocellular carcinomas will also accumulate hepatobiliary agents especially in delayed images. Magnetic resonance imaging is superior to other modalities in providing anatomic detail, such as location and relation to vessels, needed by the surgeon in operative planning.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Boston City Hospital, MA.
authors.forename: V W
authors.initials: VW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Allard
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Liebman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carter
mesh_terms: D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging