Abstract
To evaluate the clinical significance of indeterminate, small, low-attenuating nodular
lesions on helical dynamic computed tomography (CT) in chronic liver diseases, CT
images were reviewed retrospectively in 281 patients. Indeterminate, low-attenuating
nodular lesions less than 20 mm in diameter were followed for 24 to 35 months. Of
127 nodules in 73 patients, 21 nodules turned out to be hepatocellular carcinomas
(16%), 25 nodules (20%) became larger, while the remaining 81 nodules (64%) remained
unchanged or disappeared. Some low-attenuating nodules larger than 10 mm in diameter
may develop into hepatocellular carcinoma.
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Publication history
Published online: January 10, 2005
Accepted:
November 2,
2004
Received in revised form:
August 24,
2004
Received:
August 24,
2004
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