International Journal of Clinical Research

Objective To analyze the clinical value of MRI scanning in the differential diagnosis of liver cirrhosis regenerated nodules and small liver cancer. Methods: 83 patients with cirrhosis were selected from May 2020 to December 2021. All patients underwent MRI examination before surgery, and the imaging data were complete. The value of MRI in differential diagnosis of cirrhotic nodules and small hepatocellular carcinoma was evaluated by using the surgical pathological results as the gold standard. Results: Pathological examination results of 83 patients with liver cirrhosis were as follows: 30 cases of liver cirrhosis regenerated nodules, 53 cases of small liver cancer. MRI diagnosis showed that 33 cases were cirrhotic nodules and 50 cases were small hepatocellular carcinoma. Using pathological examination as the gold standard, THE sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of MRI in differentiating liver cirrhosis nodules from small liver cancer were 93.33%, 90.57% and 91.57% respectively. Conclusion: MRI has high sensitivity, specificity and accuracy in the differential diagnosis of liver cirrhosis regenerated nodules and small liver cancer, which can provide reliable basis for patients to formulate effective treatment plan, and should be widely used in clinical practice.

Small hepatocellular carcinoma; Differential diagnosis; Magnetic resonance (NMR); Liver cirrhosis regenerated nodules