Figure 3.

Pseudolesion. This patient is a chronic hepatitis B carrier with previous resection of HCC. MRI was performed to evaluate rising AFP levels. A small enhancing lesion was noted in the arterial phase of the axial gradient-echo fat-suppressed T1-weighted series (black arrow). This was not seen in the portal venous phase (white arrow). Although the lesion was reported as indeterminate, surgery was performed in view of the elevated AFP. The lesion was not found during surgery. The affected area was nevertheless resected and histology showed benign liver tissue.