title: Small scirrhous hepatocellular carcinoma with central scar: MR imaging findings.
abstract: We describe the magnetic resonance (MR) imaging findings of a small scirrhous hepatocellular carcinoma in a 74-year-old man. The initial MR imaging findings indicated that the tumor had a small central scar, which suggested the differential diagnoses of hepatocellular carcinoma, intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, and metastasis. A small scirrhous hepatocellular carcinoma may have a central scar and should be included in the differential diagnoses for small hepatic masses with a central scar.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Gifu University School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goshima
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kanematsu
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsuo
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Osada
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Nakashima
authors.forename: Noriyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Moriyama
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hoshi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male