| Parameters |
HCV patients with HCC (n=15) |
Tumour size (cm):
- Range
- Mean ± SD |
4.0–8.0
5.60 ± 1.21 |
Number of nodules:
- Uninodular (%)
- Multinodular (%) |
10 (66.7)
5 (33.3) |
Echopattern:
- Hypoechoic (%)
- Heterogenous (%) |
10 (66.7)
5 (33.3) |
Tumour Location:
- Left lobe (%)
- Right lobe (%) |
15 (100.0)
0 (0.0) |
Tumour Extension:
- < 50% (%)
- > 50% (%) |
15 (100.0)
0 (0.0) |
| Tumour encapsulation (%) |
11 (73.3) |
CLIP stage:
- CLIP 0 (%)
- CLIP 1 (%)
- CLIP 2 (%) |
3 (20.0)
7 (46.7)
5 (33.3) |
HCC Grade:
- Grade 1 (%)
- Grade 2 (%)
- Grade 3 (%) |
2 (13.3)
7 (46.7)
6 (40.0) |
Adjacent non-neoplastic liver tissue:
- HAI grade (Range)
- Steatosis (%):
- (%)
+ (%)
++ (%)
+++ (%) |
6-10
4 (26.7)
5 (33.3)
6(40.0)
0 (0.0) |
CLIP: Cancer of the Liver Italian Program; HAI: Histological Activity Index
‘-’=Absent; ‘+’=Mild; ‘++’=Moderate; ‘+++’=Marked.