Hypovascular Hepatic Nodules Showing Hypointense on the Hepatobiliary-Phase Image of Gd-EOB-DTPA-Enhanced MRI to Develop a Hypervascular Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Nationwide Retrospective Study on Their Natural Course and Risk Factors
Author(s) -
Tatsuo Inoue,
Tomoko Hyodo,
Takamichi Murakami,
Yukihisa Takayama,
Akihiro Nishie,
Atsushi Higaki,
Keiko Korenaga,
Azusa Sakamoto,
Yukio Osaki,
Hiroshi Aikata,
Kazuaki Chayama,
Takeshi Suda,
Toru Takano,
Kennichi Miyoshi,
Masahiko Koda,
Kazushi Numata,
Hironori Tanaka,
Hiroko Iijima,
Hironori Ochi,
Masashi Hirooka,
Yasuharu Imai,
Masatoshi Kudo
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
digestive diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.879
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1421-9875
pISSN - 0257-2753
DOI - 10.1159/000355248
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatocellular carcinoma , incidence (geometry) , hyperintensity , magnetic resonance imaging , natural history , proportional hazards model , retrospective cohort study , cumulative incidence , nuclear medicine , gastroenterology , radiology , cohort , physics , optics
We aimed to investigate the natural outcome of nonhypervascular lesions detected in the hepatobiliary phase of gadolinium ethoxybenzyl diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (Gd-EOB-DTPA)-enhanced MRI by performing a longitudinal study retrospectively enrolled in a nationwide manner.
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