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

Figure 6 Solitary hepatocellular carcinomas on gadoxetic acid-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging. Large (≥ 2.3 cm) (A) and small (< 2.3 cm) (B) solitary hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs) with aggressive imaging findings tend to be stage pT2 tumors (P < 0.001). Large (≥ 2.3 cm) HCCs with hypointense rims on MRI in the HB phase tend to be a stage pT1 tumors (P = 0.0155); C: Large HCCs with aggressive imaging features are more likely to be stage pT2 tumors if a hypointense rim is absent rather than present in the hepatobiliary phase; D: HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma; HB: Hepatobiliary; pT1: Pathologic stage T1; pT2: Pathologic stage T2.