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Two patients with mixed hepatocellular and cholangiocellular carcinoma underwent partial hepatectomy after magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. Correlation is made with the histopathologic manifestations. In both cases the tumors showed relative low signal intensities on T1-weighted spin-echo (SE) images and high signal intensities on T2-weighted SE images. Dynamic MR imaging showed the enhancement from the periphery of the tumor to the inner area gradually and the enhancement continued into the delayed phase. With both cases fibrosis was marked in the inner area of the tumor compared to the peripheral area. The extent and degree of fibrotic tissue is considered to reflect the enhancement on dynamic MR imaging.
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Hashimoto, T., Nakamura, H., Hori, S. et al. MR imaging of mixed hepatocellular and cholangiocellular carcinoma. Abdom Imaging 19, 430–432 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00206932
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00206932