Usefulness of Gadobenate Dimeglumine - Enhanced Hepatobiliary Phase MR Imaging on Predicting Histological Grade of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Journal of the Korean Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
;
: 208-218, 2011.
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| ID: wpr-27669
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To assess the usefulness of gadobenate dimeglumine-enhanced hepatobiliary phase MR imaging for evaluation of histological characteristics of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
57 HCCs histopathologically proved by surgery in 51 patients were retrospectively evaluated. All patients underwent gadobenate dimeglumine-enhanced MR imaging prior to surgery. The signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of lesion and liver, and the liver-to-lesion contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) for both pre- and postcontrast hepatobiliary phase were measured and contrast enhancement ratio (CER) of lesion and liver were calculated to correlate with three groups stratified by histological grades (Edmondson-Steiner classification) of the lesions. The differences between means of each group were statistically analyzed with one-way analysis of variance test.RESULTS:
The liver-to-lesion CNRs of well-differentiated HCCs (n=9) on pre- (-0.8+/-13.2) and postcontrast hepatobiliary phase images (13.2+/-30.4) were significantly lower (p<0.05) compared to those of moderately (14.2+/-9.4 and 39.1+/-15.4 on pre- and postcontrast, respectively) (n=37) and poorly differentiated HCCs (18.6+/-11.3 and 39.3+/-27.9) (n=11), respectively. There were no significant difference for CERs between three histological tumor grades.CONCLUSION:
Gadobenate dimeglumine-enhanced hepatobiliary phase MR imaging can help predict the histological grades of hepatocellular carcinomas preoperatively, especially differentiating well- from moderately and poorly differentiated HCCs.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Organometallic Compounds
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Retrospective Studies
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Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
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Signal-To-Noise Ratio
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Liver
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Meglumine
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
Year:
2011
Type:
Article
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