title: Hepatocellular carcinoma in the cirrhotic liver with helical CT and MRI: imaging spectrum and pitfalls of cirrhosis-related nodules.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This article reviews the imaging spectrum of cirrhosis-related nodules on CT and MRI and differentiates between hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and common focal lesions that can simulate HCC in the cirrhotic liver.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Knowledge of cirrhotic nodules and focal lesions and how they mimic HCC will improve the diagnosis and characterization of focal lesions in cirrhotic liver on CT and MRI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Chonnam National University Medical School, 8 Hack-Dong, Dong-Ku, Gwang-Ju 501-757, South Korea.
authors.forename: Yong Yeon
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.forename: Nam Yeol
authors.initials: NY
authors.lastname: Yim
authors.forename: Heoung Keun
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Kang
mesh_terms: D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed