Hypovascular Nodules in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease: Risk Factors for Development of Hypervascular Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Abstract

Hyperintensity on T2-weighted images is an independent and strong risk factor at baseline for subsequent hypervascularization in hypovascular nodules in patients with chronic liver disease. Tumor volume doubling time of less than 542 days was associated with a high rate of subsequent hypervascularization.