Table 2.

Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) were classified according to tumour characteristics (single or multinodular), Child–Pugh classification and presence of portal hypertension

	Single HCC	Multinodular HCC
Patients, n	28	14
Child–Pugh classification, n (%)
Child–Pugh class A	20 (71.4%)	10 (71.4%)
With portal hypertension	14	7
Without portal hypertension	6	3
Child–Pugh class B	6 (21.4%)	3 (21.4%)
With portal hypertension	6	3
Without portal hypertension	–	–
Child–Pugh class C	2 (7.1%)	1 (7.1%)
With portal hypertension	2	1
Without portal hypertension	–	–