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World J Gastroenterol. Jun 7, 2022; 28(21): 2350-2360
Published online Jun 7, 2022. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v28.i21.2350
Published online Jun 7, 2022. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v28.i21.2350
Table 4 Imaging characteristics of different types of focal liver lesions
| Image features | Malignant lesions | Benign lesions | ||||
| HCC (n = 10) | HB (n = 6) | Other malignant lesions (n = 6) | FNH (n = 17) | RN/DN (n = 5) | Other benign tumors (n = 18) | |
| Gray-scale echogenicity | ||||||
| Hyperechoic | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| Hypoechoic | 7 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 9 |
| Arterial phase, hyperenhancement | ||||||
| Homogeneous | 4 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 4 | |
| Inhomogenous | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | |
| Rim | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Peripheral nodular | 3 | |||||
| Isoenhancement | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Hypoenhancement | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Late phase | ||||||
| Hyperenhancement | 10 | 5 | ||||
| Isoenhancement | 5 | 5 | 8 | |||
| Hypoenhancement | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 | |
| Washout | ||||||
| < 60 s | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Marked, ≤ 120 s | 1 | |||||
- Citation: Jiang ZP, Zeng KY, Huang JY, Yang J, Yang R, Li JW, Qiu TT, Luo Y, Lu Q. Differentiating malignant and benign focal liver lesions in children using CEUS LI-RADS combined with serum alpha-fetoprotein. World J Gastroenterol 2022; 28(21): 2350-2360
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v28/i21/2350.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v28.i21.2350