Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Relationship of Signal Intensity to Histopathologic Findings and Metal Content of the Tumor and Surrounding Hepatic Parenchyma

Abstract

The signal intensity of HCC on T1-weighted images is related to the degree of histologic differentiation, intratumoral copper content, and zinc content of surrounding hepatic parenchyma, whereas the signal intensity on T2-weighted images is related to the degree of histologic differentiation.