Abstract:
Summary.
Cirrhosis is a chronic liver disease characterized by the
presence of diffuse parenchymal necrosis, reactive fi brosis
and nodular regeneration. These regenerative nodules
may evolve into dysplastic nodules and fi nally nodules of
hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Improved survival of
cirrhotic patients with HCC depends on eligibility to liver
transplantation. The purpose of this article is to review
the imaging features of liver nodules within cirrhotic liver
and to propose the imaging strategies when considering
the possibility of liver transplantation. HCC is one of the
only digestive cancers for which there are criteria for noninvasive diagnosis itself, for which it is possible to state
the neoplastic nature without recoursing to biopsy. We will
describe the appearance of non-invasive imaging of liver
nodules of cirrhosis and we will try to show the best use of
different imaging modalities for distinguishing regenerative
nodules, dysplastic nodules and HCC nodules.
