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Abstract Liver cirrhosis is a common problem in egypt with most of the cause are viral induced liver cirrhosis (Robert et al., 2008). It is characterized by variable hepatocellular nodules progress from from regenerative nodules to low- and high-grade dysplastic nodules, followed by small and large hepatocellular carcinomas (Parente et al., 2012). The differentiation of these lesions is important because regenerative nodules are benign, whereas dysplastic and neoplastic nodules are premalignant and malignant, respectively and the early detection of HCC is necessary for more effective planning of management strategies like tumor resection, liver transplantation, tumor ablation and chemo-embolization (Digumarthy et al, 2005). Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) represents an extremely useful method in detecting of early HCC and in follow up post locoregional theray. |