[Imaging diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma].
In patients with chronic liver disease, hepatocellular carcinomas are developed from regenerative nodule via dysplastic nodule and early hepatocellular carcinoma to advanced hepatocellular carcinoma during multistep hepatocarcinogenesis. In this article, imaging findings of various imaging modalities are described pertaining to the above mentioned hepatocellular nodules occurring in the cirrhotic liver, correlating with pathologic findings.
Lee
Won Jae
WJ
Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 135-710, Korea. wjlee@smc.samsung.co.kr
D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*