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. 2020 Oct 15;10(10):828. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10100828

Table 5.

Imaging characteristics of all liver nodules.

Imaging Features Malignant Lesions Benign Lesions Total
(n = 104)
HCC
(n = 64)
Metastasis (n = 9) ICC
(n = 6)
Lymphoma (n = 1) Hemangioma (n = 10) FNH
(n = 7)
DN
(n = 3)
AML
(n = 1)
Adrenal Rest Tumor (n = 1) Focal Fatty Area (n = 1) Focal Spared Lesion (n = 1)
Gray-scale echogenicity
Hyperechoic 13 3 1 0 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 25
Isoechoic 10 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 13
Hypoechoic 41 5 5 1 7 3 2 1 0 0 1 66
Arterial phase
Hyperenhancement 56 2 5 1 7 7 1 1 1 0 0 81
Diffuse 56 2 4 1 4 7 1 1 1 0 0 77
Rim 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Peripheral nodular 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Iso-enhancement 7 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 14
Hypo-enhancement 1 3 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 9
Kupffer phase
Isoechoic 11 0 0 0 7 5 3 1 0 1 1 29
Hypoechoic 53 9 6 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 73
Marked 16 9 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32
Mild 37 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 41
Hyperechoic 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Washout
<60 s 6 9 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22

HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; ICC, intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma; FNH, focal nodular hyperplasia; DN, dysplastic nodule; AML, angiomyolipoma.