Magnetic resonance imaging of the cirrhotic liver: An update

Figure 11 Classical hepatocellular carcinoma. A: Pre- and post-contrast fat-suppressed 3D-GRE T1-weighted images during the late hepatic arterial (B) and delayed phases (C); D: Fat-suppressed SSFSE T2-weighted image. There is a peripheral well defined left hepatic lobe nodule, which demonstrates iso T1 signal intensity (A), increased arterial enhancement (arrowhead, B), delayed washout and pseudocapsule enhancement (C), and mildly increased T2 signal (arrowhead, D) in keeping with classical features of HCC. HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma; GRE: Gradient recalled echo; SSFSE: Single-shot fast spin-echo.