Table 1.
Histological stages in PBC patients.
Table 2.
Clinical characteristics of the 45 PBC patients.
Fig 1.
male, 61 years, diffuse hepatomegaly shown on coronal T2-weighted image.
Fig 2.
female, 42 years, axial T2-weighted image shows splenomegaly and demonstrates periportal hyperintensity around medium-sized portal triads (arrows).
Fig 3.
female, 52 years, axial T2-weighted MRI shows lymphadenopathy (arrow), and portosystemic collaterals are shown as areas without signal intensity.
Fig 4.
male, 61 years, axial T2-weighted image shows periportal halo signs as hypointense areas around the portal veins (arrows).
Fig 5.
female, 42 years, axial T2-weighted MRI shows lymphadenopathy (arrow).
Fig 6.
male, 37 years, stage I with signal grade 1 and halo sign grade 1.
Fig 7.
female, 50 years, stage II with signal grade 2 and halo sign grade 2.
Fig 8.
male, 54 years, stage IV with signal grade 3 and halo sign grade 3.
Table 3.
MRI findings.
Table 4.
Specific distribution of enlarged lymph nodes.
Fig 9.
Liver signal grade at different histological stages.
Fig 10.
Halo sign grade at different histological stages.
Table 5.
The situation of lymphadenopathy at different histological stages.