Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To identify predictors of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma in cirrhotic patients scanned by gadobenate dimeglumine (Gd-BOPTA)-enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) imaging.
METHODS: Fifty cirrhotic patients with 120 nodules, including 10 mass-forming intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas and two combined hepatocellular carcinoma-cholangiocarcinomas, were scanned by Gd-BOPTA-enhanced MR imaging.
RESULTS: T1 hypointensity [odds ratio (OR), 20.12], peripheral hyperintense rim at hepatic arterial phase (OR, 13.5), and iso-hyperintensity at hepatobiliary phase (OR 21.32) were found to be independent predictors of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.
CONCLUSIONS: T1 hypointensity, peripheral hyperintense rim at hepatic arterial phase, and iso-hyperintensity at hepatobiliary phase are independent predictors of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma diagnosis in patients with liver cirrhosis.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1032-8 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Clinical imaging |
Volume | 39 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 19 Aug 2015 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Bile Duct Neoplasms
- Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
- Case-Control Studies
- Cholangiocarcinoma
- Contrast Media
- Female
- Humans
- Liver Cirrhosis
- Liver Neoplasms
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Male
- Meglumine
- Middle Aged
- Organometallic Compounds
- Retrospective Studies
- Sensitivity and Specificity