Optimization of hepatobiliary phase delay time of Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging for identification of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with cirrhosis of different degrees of severity

Figure 4 Visibility of a hepatocellular carcinoma focus at different hepatobiliary phase delay time points in a patient with Child-Pugh B cirrhosis. An HCC focus of 3.6 cm × 3.3 cm was found in the right lobe of the liver in a 58-year-old male patient who was diagnosed with chronic hepatitis B-related cirrhosis. Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging shows a moderate contrast between liver parenchyma and HCC focus presenting as moderate hypointensity (++). The contrast at DT-10 is enough to identify the HCC focus. HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma.