Gadoxetic acid-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging can predict the pathologic stage of solitary hepatocellular carcinoma

Figure 5 Images in a 60-year-old man with a solitary hepatocellular carcinoma (tumor size 5. 5 cm) in segment VII. A and B: Axial view of T2- and T1-weighted magnetic resonance images with fat suppression before administration of gadolinium ethoxybenzyl diethylene-triaminepentaacetic acid; C: Arterial phase. Note the hyperenhancing hepatocellular carcinoma in segment VII; D: Portal venous phase. Note the capsular appearance (arrow) of the hepatocellular carcinoma; E: Hepatobiliary phase, axial view of T1-weighted three-dimensional gradient-echo magnetic resonance image with fat suppression. The tumor has an obvious hypointense rim (arrow). pT1 hepatocellular carcinoma was diagnosed postoperatively.