Fig. 6From: Assessment of the follow-up interval changes of the less than 2 cm arterial phase enhancing hepatic nodules in correlation with Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System (LI-RADS) classification version 18 using contrast-enhanced multidetector computed tomographyCase 3: a 55-year-old male patient with cirrhosis. a MDCT in the arterial phase dated August 2016 reveals a small left lobe hyper-enhancing nodule measuring 11 mm showing no washout in the venous nor the delayed phases (not shown); this lesion is categorized as LIRADS-3. b, c MDCT in the arterial and delayed phases for the same patient 4 months later showing size progression of the lesion measuring 22 mm with development of mild washout; in the second study, the lesion is classified as LI-RADS 5Back to article page