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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 31.
Published in final edited form as: J Surg Oncol. 2014 Aug 25;110(8):967–969. doi: 10.1002/jso.23765

TABLE II.

Imaging Characteristics of Indeterminate Nodules in the Cirrhotic Liver

Imaging characteristic HCC (N=50a) No HCC (N=191a) P
Arterial enhancement 33 (66%) 82 (43%) <0.01
Venous washout 7 (14%) 10 (5%) 0.06
Rim enhancement 1 (2%) 6 (3%) 0.99
HCC (N=42a,b) No HCC (N=17a,b) P
Restricted diffusion 1 (2%) 2 (0.1%) 0.48
a

Excludes patients with index imaging study lacking both arterial and delayed contrast phases.

b

Excludes patients if index imaging study was CT and not MRI.