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Hepatocellular carcinoma with a prominent vascular scar in the center: MR imaging findings

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We report herein a case of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with a prominent central scar. Dynamic CT and MRI studies revealed a hypervascular liver mass and a washout of contrast material in the delayed phase. The tumor center showed particular hyperintensity on T2-weighted images and delayed or prolonged enhancement. The surgical specimen revealed moderately differentiated HCC with a central scar. The central scar consisted of prominent vascular channels and loose fibrous tissue, indicative of a vascular scar. We should understand MR imaging findings of this type of central scar in the HCC.

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  1. Department of Clinical Radiology, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan

    Madoka Yamauchi, Yoshiki Asayama, Kengo Yoshimitsu, Hiroyuki Irie, Tsuyoshi Tajima, Masakazu Hirakawa, Kousei Ishigami, Tomohiro Nakayama, Daisuke Kakihara & Hiroshi Honda

  2. Department of Surgery and Oncology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

    Koji Yamaguchi

  3. Department of Anatomic Pathology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

    Yunosuke Nishihara & Shinichi Aishima

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This article was presented at a meeting of the Kyushu district chapter of the Japan Radiological Society in February 2005.

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Yamauchi, M., Asayama, Y., Yoshimitsu, K. et al. Hepatocellular carcinoma with a prominent vascular scar in the center: MR imaging findings. Radiat Med 24, 467–470 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11604-006-0052-z

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