Magnetic resonance imaging for the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma in adults with chronic liver disease

Exploiting targeted nanomedicine for surveillance, diagnosis, and treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma

“…The typical imaging pattern of HCC shows significantly enhanced lesions compared to the surrounding parenchyma in the arterial phase, while in the portal or delayed phase, it is less enhanced than the surrounding. For adult patients with chronic liver disease, the sensitivity and specificity of CT in diagnosing HCC were 77.3 and 91.3% [ 67 ], while the sensitivity and specificity of MRI were 84.4 and 93.8%, respectively [ 68 ]. The meta-analysis comparing the accuracy of enhanced CT and MRI in detecting HCC revealed that MRI has a higher detection sensitivity, particularly for small nodules <2 cm.…”