Pearls and pitfalls in magnetic resonance imaging of hepatocellular carcinoma

Figure 2 Hypovascular hepatocellular carcinoma in 58-year old woman with cirrhosis. A: On axial in-phase image tumor (arrow) is isointense with surrounding liver parenchyma; B: On opposed-phase image there is a partial drop of signal intensity in the lesion corresponding to the fatty component; C-E: The lesion (arrow) is slightly hyperintense on T2-weighted FS image (C), hyperintense on diffusion weighted imaging (D), and hypointense on T1-weighted FS image (E); F and G: On arterial phase (F) the lesion is isointense with washout in portal venous phase (G); H: On hepatobiliary phase after administration of gadoxetic acid the tumor (arrow) is hypointense.