Abstract #1690

Features of Preoperative Dynamical Contrast Enhanced 3-T MR Imaging Predicting Early Recurrence for Small (< 3 cm) Hepatocellular Carcinomas after Curative Resection

Linqi Zhang¹, Jingbiao Chen¹, Sichi Kuang¹, Yao Zhang¹, Bingjun He¹, Hao Yang¹, Ying Deng¹, Yuanqiang Xiao¹, Kritisha Rajlawot¹, Kathryn Fowler², Jin Wang¹, and Claude B. Sirlin²

¹Department of Radiology, The third affiliated hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, ²Department of Radiology, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States

Small hepatocellular carcinoma (sHCC, < 3 cm) is generally thought to have a good prognosis after surgical resection. However, the prognosis of patients with sHCC is still unsatisfactory because of frequent early recurrence (ER, <1 year) after resection. In our series, 30 % of patients with resected sHCC had ER. Preoperative MR imaging features (corona enhancement and irregular tumor margin) were independent predictors for ER after resection of sHCC.

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