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Table 2 Summary of the reported dynamic studies of primary hepatic carcinoid tumors

From: Imaging findings of primary hepatic carcinoid tumor with an emphasis on MR imaging: case study

Author (year)

Age/sex

Modality

Early phase

Late phase

Iwao et al. (2001)

75/M

CT

Peripherally enhancing masses

Hypodense masses, some of which were accompanied by a weakly enhancing central area

Lin et al. (2009)

48/F

CT

An enhancing nodule

A nodule with washout

Takayasu et al. (1992)

30/F

CT

An enhancing mass with spotty nonenhancing areas

An iso- to slight hypodense mass with more hypodense foci

74/F

CT

NA

A mass with slight enhancement

Abdel Wahab et al. (2006)

55/F

CT

A marginally enhancing mass

A mass with complete fill-in enhancement

52/F

CT

A marked heterogeneously enhancing mass

A mass with washout

Komatsuda et al. (2005)

82/M

US

A marked enhancing mass except for cystic areas

A less enhancing mass than the surrounding liver

Ulusan et al. (2005)

46/F

CT

A peripherally enhancing mass

A centrally enhancing mass

Touloumis et al. (2008)

65/F

MRI

Progressive enhancing lesions

Iimuro et al. (2002)

71/M

CT

One homogeneously enhancing mass and another ringed enhancing mass

Two Masses with enhancing parts that became hypodense compared with the liver

Gao et al. (2011)

53/F

CT

An enhancing nodule

A nodule with washout

Shah et al. (2005)

46/F

MRI

An isolated arterial enhancing lesion

NA

Our cases

70/M

MRI

A mass including solid areas with strong enhancement

A mass including solid areas with prolonged enhancement and non-enhancing multiple cystic areas

 

74/F

CT

A mass including irregular solid areas with strong enhancement

A mass including solid areas with prolonged enhancement and non-enhancing areas

  1. F: female, M: male, CT: computed tomography, US: ultrasound, MRI: magnetic resonance imaging, NA: not available.