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.
Table 2: Radiological and histopathological characteristics of patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC).