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Figure 1. A 62-year-old woman with hepatitis B related cirrhosis who underwent right hepatic lobectomy for a hepatocellular carcinoma. Histopathological examination disclosed a 3.3 cm hepatocellular carcinoma (segment VIII) and eight low-grade dysplastic nodules measuring 5–11 mm. CT images on (a) arterial, (b) portal venous and (c) delayed phases shows an ill-defined, inhomogeneously enhancing hepatocellular carcinoma in the right hepatic lobe (segment VIII, large arrow) and a 5 mm low attenuating dysplastic nodule at the posterior part of the right lobe (segment VII, small arrow). The other seven dysplastic nodules were not depicted on CT. Note the heterogeneity of the hepatic parenchyma and the many small ill-defined nodules of subtle low attenuation representing cirrhotic regenerative nodules. Right and left hepatic bile ducts are dilated (arrowheads in b and c).
