Zorger, Niels and Jung, Ernst-Michael and Schreyer, Andreas G. and Heiss, Peter and Mueller-Willea, Rene and Wiest, Reiner and Feuerbach, Stefan and Rennert, Janine (2010) Ultrasound-Arterioportography (US-AP): A new technical approach to perform detection of liver lesions. CLINICAL HEMORHEOLOGY AND MICROCIRCULATION, 46 (2-3). pp. 117-126. ISSN 1386-0291,
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Purpose: To show the feasibility of a combination of the advantages of modern contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) with the technique of arterioportography to achieve the highest sensitivity of all different modalities. Material and methods: Ten patients (9 m, 1 f, age 52-73 years) with suspected hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in liver cirrhosis (8 ethyl toxic, 2 hepatitis) were included before transarterial chemo-embolization (TACE). In all patients during a 6-week period a double enhanced MRI (Gd-DTPA and SPIO) was performed. Before TACE a bolus < 2mL ultrasound contrast agent (SonoVue (R), Bracco, Milan, Italy) was injected over a selectively placed catheter in the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) and ultrasound of the liver (2.5-4 MHz, LOGIQ 9; GE Healthcare) was performed in arterioportographic phase (US-AP). Two independent readers evaluate number, size and localisation of detected lesion in MRI and US-AP. Additional diagnostic quality of both modalities was determined using a 4-point scale (1: excellent-4: not diagnostic). Differences were analysed for significance using a t-test. Interobserver variability was calculated (kappa-value). Result: In all 10 patients (100%) US-AP was feasible. Diagnostic quality was in all cases between 1-2 for both modalities and readers (MRI standard deviation (SD)-0.51, Sono-AP SD-0.421). US-AP detected with 33.5 vs. 24.5 lesions, significant more lesions than double enhanced MRI (p < 0.022). The interobserver variability was kappa-0.965 for MRI and kappa-0.898 for US-AP. Conclusion: US-AP for detection of liver lesions is feasible. Using this technique significantly more lesions in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma could be detected in comparison to MRI with liver-specific contrast agent.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON-OXIDE; TRANSCATHETER ARTERIAL CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CONTRAST-ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; MICROWAVE COAGULATION THERAPY; HEPATOCELLULAR-CARCINOMA; HEPATIC ARTERIOGRAPHY; CIRRHOTIC LIVERS; HELICAL CT; SPIRAL CT; SPIN-ECHO; |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Innere Medizin I Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Röntgendiagnostik |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Aug 2020 05:39 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Aug 2020 05:39 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/25413 |
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