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. 2019 Aug 26;7(16):2269–2286. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v7.i16.2269

Table 4.

Findings for HCC diagnosis

Vascular phase (CT/MRI) Feature Comments
Late arterial phase Arterial phase hyperenhancement also known as "wash-in" The lesion must be hypervascular with an enhancing part higher in attenuation or intensity than the liver, depicting a nonrim-like enhancement unequivocally greater in whole or in part of the lesion than the surrounding liver parenchyma
Portal phase or late venous phase Washout The lesion will present lower contrast uptake than the surrounding parenchyma
"Capsule appearance" A ring of peripheral uptake in the lesion

CT: Computed tomography; MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging.