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Figure 3. Computed tomography of a cirrhotic patient demonstrated a single nodule of 5.2 cm located in the liver segments VII-VIII, with typical features of hepatocellular carcinoma according to the EASL guideline: hyperenhancement in the arterial phase (A) coupled with wash-out of contrast media in the delayed phase (B). The patient was scheduled for cTACE according to his clinical (advanced fibrosis stages F3-F4 and previous variceal endoscopic ligation treatment) and tumoral characteristics (location in upper segments). The angiographic study in the parenchymal phase showed the hypervascular nodule (C). The image in (D) proved the end of cTACE, with occlusion of the tumor feeding vessels and the patency of the remaining hepatic arteries. The images in (C, D) are Dicom images, reporting in the top portion, the date and time at which those images were taken. It is possible to note that the procedural time, in this case, was 105 min.