الفهرس 
ANATOMY OF THE LIVER
Etiology of focal lesions in cirrhotic liverOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Summary Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) represents the most frequent complication and a major cause of death in patients with cirrhosis worldwide. It is rarely detected early and it is the commonest primary cancer of the liver. Hepatocellular carcinoma is one of the 130 major causes of morbidity and mortality in the world. It represents the third leading cause of cancer death in males and the fourth in females. Regenerative nodules represent focal proliferation of hepatocytes in response to various injurious stimuli. Dysplastic nodules are premalignant and contain atypical hepatocytes without definite features of malignancy on histology. With widespread use of liver imaging, various cirrhosisrelated nodules are frequently detected in patients with chronic liver disease, liver MRI using hepatocyte-specific agents has been suggested to be much more reliable than other modalities such as MDCT. The aim of work of the current study was to evaluate the role of MRI in differentiation between regeneration nodules and heptocellular carcinoma.