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The objective of this study was to analyze the enhancement patterns at dynamic gadolinium-enhanced T1-weighted MR imaging in patients of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) with associated Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS). The MR imaging findings in 10 patients of HCC with associated BCS were compared to those of 32 other patients of HCC without BCS. During the arterial phase, significantly more lesions with BCS were hyperintense than lesions without BCS; during the equilibrium phase, significantly more lesions with BCS were slightly hyperintense or isointense than lesions without BCS (P < 0.05 for both). For HCC, contrast enhancement on MRI shows different enhancement patterns between patients of HCC with associated BCS and those without BCS.
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This study was supported by the grants from the Clinical medical science and technology project of Jiangsu Province (BL2012044), and the Science and Technology project of Xuzhou city (XZZD1154).
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Yang, C., Xu, K., Zheng, J. et al. Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Budd-Chiari Syndrome: Enhancement Patterns at Dynamic Gadolinium-Enhanced T1-Weighted MR Imaging. Cell Biochem Biophys 70, 661–666 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12013-014-9970-z
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