Table 3.
Focal liver lesions’ appearance in diversely weighted sequences compared to the intensity of the surrounding iron overloaded liver parenchyma.
| T1 WI | T2 WI | T2* | DWI | Arterial Phase | Portal-Delayed Phases | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HCC | + | + | + | + | +/0 | 0 |
| EMH | +/0/− | +/0 | 0 | N/A | +/0 | +/0 |
| Adenoma | + | +/0 | + | N/A | + | +/0 |
| Liver mestastasis | + | + | + | Rim enhancement | Ill-defined enhancement of surrounding parenchyma |
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| Liver iron overload sparing | + | + | + | 0 | + | + |
“+” stands for hyperintense; “−“ stands for hypointense; “0” stands for isointense. HCC = Hepatocellular Carcinoma; EMH = Extramedullary Hematopoiesis; WI = weighted image; DWI = Diffusion-Weighted Image.