Investigative radiology
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Investigative radiology · Mar 2008
Comparative StudyThe value of gadobenate dimeglumine-enhanced delayed phase MR imaging for characterization of hepatocellular nodules in the cirrhotic liver.
To evaluate the value of 1-hour delayed phase imaging (DPI) of gadobenate dimeglumine (Gd-BOPTA)-enhanced MR imaging for the characterization of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and dysplastic nodule (DN) in patients with cirrhosis. ⋯ Delayed gadobenate dimeglumine-enhanced MR imaging allows improved characterization of HCC in cirrhotic liver. The relative hypointensity to adjacent normal liver parenchyma is a reliable predictor that this lesion favors HCC rather than DN in cirrhotic liver.