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Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 4 Values of stiffness (kPa) and mean apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) of different hepatic focal lesions

From: Comparison of magnetic resonance elastography and diffusion-weighted imaging for differentiating benign and malignant liver lesions

FLL

Number

DWI

MRE

ADC (× 10–3 mm2/s) Mean ± SD

Stiffness (kPa) Mean ± SD

HEM

21

2.194 ± .21

3.088 ± .84

HCA

3

2.047 ± .26

3.217 ± .75

FNH

5

1.556 ± .23

2.224 ± .44

HCC

32

1.139 ± .18

9.017 ± 1.96

CCA

14

1.073 ± .15

12.557 ± 2.29

MET

15

1.193 ± .17

8.105 ± 2.08

  1. FLLs, focal liver lesions; HCA, hepatocellular adenoma; HEM, hemangioma; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; FNH, focal nodular hyperplasia; MET, metastases; CCA, cholangiocarcinoma
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