Hepatocellular carcinoma: evaluation with dynamic and static gadobenate dimeglumine-enhanced MR imaging and histopathologic correlation.
Hepatocellular carcinoma: evaluation with dynamic and static gadobenate dimeglumine-enhanced MR imaging and histopathologic correlation.
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DOI:
10.1148/radiology.205.3.9393527
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发表时间:
1997-12
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影响因子:
19.7
通讯作者:
T. Vogl;A. Stupavsky;W. Pegios;R. Hammerstingl;M. Mack;T. Diebold;K. Lodemann;P. Neuhaus;R. Felix
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T. Vogl;A. Stupavsky;W. Pegios;R. Hammerstingl;M. Mack;T. Diebold;K. Lodemann;P. Neuhaus;R. Felix
PURPOSE To analyze the potential of gadobenate dimeglumine-enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) imaging for the characterization and diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) by using static and dynamic sequences. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-eight patients with histopathologically proved HCC were evaluated with T1- and T2-weighted spin-echo and static and dynamic gradient-echo sequences before, during, and after intravenous administration of 0.1 mmol/kg gadobenate dimeglumine (0.5 mol/L). RESULTS During the perfusion phase of the dynamic sequence, all 16 nodular well-differentiated HCC lesions showed a rapid increase in signal intensity 10-30 seconds after injection followed by a progressive decrease in signal intensity. The nine poorly differentiated HCC lesions showed no rapid increase in signal intensity. All eight large (> 3 cm), nodular, well-differentiated HCC lesions showed a hypointense rim before injection and both hypo- and hyperintense rims (double-ring sign) immediately after injection, compared with normal liver parenchyma. About 55 seconds after injection, substantial single-rim enhancement was detected in 21 of the 28 HCC lesions. CONCLUSION Dynamic gadobenate dimeglumine-enhanced MR imaging allows improved characterization of HCC lesions, which show rapid increase in signal intensity during the early, arterial phase in well-differentiated HCC lesions and a double-ring sign in large well-differentiated nodular HCC lesions.