Research Article

Diffusion-Weighted Imaging with Two Different -Values in Detection of Solid Focal Liver Lesions

Table 2

Clinical information of the 97 patients and characteristics of 137 solid FLLs.

Age range (mean age)25–77 years (52.2 years)
Sex (M/F)65/32
Background liver 30 chronic hepatitis
25 liver cirrhosis
20 steatosis
22 normal liver
Diagnosis of the lesions ()
 Benign ()14 FNHs
10 IPTs
9 SNNs
5 hepatic pseudolipomas
1 angiomyolipoma
1 hepatic adenoma
1 ectopic adrenal adenoma
 Malignant ()73 HCCs
20 metastases
2 cholangiocarcinomas
1 hemangioendothelioma
 Location of the lesions41 left lobes and 96 right lobes
 Primary site of malignancy 
 Patients ()
3 rectal-colons
1 breast
1 pancreas

FNH: focal nodular hyperplasia; IPT: inflammatory pseudotumor; SNN: solitary necrotic nodule; HCC: hepatocellular carcinoma.