Multiphase Liver MRI for Identifying the Macrotrabecular-Massive Subtype of Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Background The recently described "macrotrabecular-massive" (MTM) histologic subtype of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) (MTM-HCC) represents an aggressive form of HCC and is associated with poor survival. Purpose To investigate whether preoperative MRI can help identify MTM-HCCs in patients with HCC. Materials and Methods This retrospective study included patients with HCC treated with surgical resection between January 2008 and February 2018 and who underwent preoperative multiphase contrast material-enhanced MRI.

Differentiation of focal nodular hyperplasia from hepatocellular adenomas with low-mechanical-index contrast-enhanced sonography (CEUS): effect of size on diagnostic confidence.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the diagnostic performance of contrast-enhanced sonography (CEUS) for the differentiation of focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) from hepatocellular adenoma (HCA) according to lesion size.

Materials And Methods: Forty patients with a definite diagnosis of FNH or HCA who underwent CEUS were included in this institutional review board (IRB)-approved study. A total of 43 FNHs and 20 HCAs, including 15 inflammatory HCAs and five unclassified HCAs, were analysed.

Intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) MR imaging of colorectal liver metastases: are we only looking at tumor necrosis?

Purpose: To determine if intra-voxel incoherent motion diffusion-weighted imaging (IVIM-DWI) parameters, including free molecular-based (D) and perfusion-related (D*, f) diffusion parameters, correlate with the degree of tumor necrosis and viable tumor in colo-rectal cancer (CRC) metastasis.

Materials And Methods: Fifteen patients referred for resection of liver metastases from CRC were retrospectively included in this Institutional Review Board approved study. An IVIM-DWI sequence was performed on a 1.