title: [Imaging nodules within cirrhotic liver: how do I do it?].
abstract: Cirrhosis is a chronic liver disease characterized by the presence of diffuse parenchymal necrosis, reactive fibrosis and nodular regeneration. These regenerative nodules may evolve into dysplastic nodules and finally nodules of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Improved survival of cirrhotic patients with HCC depends on eligibility to liver transplantation. The purpose of this paper is to review the imaging features of liver nodules within cirrhotic liver and to propose the imaging strategies when considering the possibility of liver transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Imagerie Médicale, CHU Henri Mondor, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Faculté de Médecine Paris XII, 51 avenue du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, 94010 Créteil Cedex, France. alain.luciani@hmn.aphp.fr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Luciani
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Allice
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zegai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Djabbari
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Anglade
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rahmouni
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cherqui
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tran-Van-Nhieu
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aubé
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001706:Biopsy; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000175:diagnosis; D003287:Contrast Media; D003911:Dextrans; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D052203:Ferrosoferric Oxide; D005682:Gadolinium; D006486:Hemosiderosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D007501:Iron; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008115:Liver Regeneration / Q000502:physiology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D058185:Magnetite Nanoparticles; D010087:Oxides; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D003911:Dextrans; D058185:Magnetite Nanoparticles; D010087:Oxides; D005682:Gadolinium; D007501:Iron; C065507:ferumoxides; D052203:Ferrosoferric Oxide