Research Article
Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound to Monitor Early Recurrence of Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma after Curative Treatment
Table 1
CEUS enhancement of the 124 lesions in different phases.
| Phase | Enhancement | Recurrent HCC (n=99) | High-grade dysplastic nodules (n=8) | regenerate nodules or low-grade dysplastic nodules (n=17) |
| Arterial | | | | | | hypo | 0 | 0 | 5 | | iso | 3 | 0 | 12 | | hyper | 96 | 8 | 0 | Portal venous | | | | | | hypo | 39 | 0 | 0 | | iso | 60 | 8 | 17 | | hyper | 0 | 0 | 0 | Delayed | | | | | | hypo | 50 | 2 | 0 | | iso | 49 | 6 | 17 | | hyper | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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