Gadolinium ethoxybenzyl diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging findings of borderline lesions at high risk for progression to hypervascular classic hepatocellular carcinoma
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OBJECTIVES: The objectives of the study were to assess the imaging features of hypovascular borderline lesions containing hypervascular foci on gadolinium ethoxybenzyl diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (Gd-EOB-DTPA)-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and to evaluate the ability of Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI to diagnose high-risk borderline lesions possibly consistent with early hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). METHODS: Institutional review board approval was obtained for this retrospective analysis of imaging findings, and informed consent was obtained from 217 consecutive patients undergoing Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI and angiography-assisted computed tomography (CT) for examination of hepatocellular nodular lesions in cirrhotic livers. There were 73 nodules showing hypervascular foci in borderline lesions identified by angiography-assisted CT. Signal intensity patterns of the nodules were evaluated on hepatobiliary-phase Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced T1-weighted MRI obtained 20 minutes after intravenous injection of contrast media. RESULTS: Among 73 high-risk borderline lesions, 59 were hypointense (81%), and 14 were isointense (19%), compared with background liver parenchyma. There were 27 untreated lesions followed by CT and/or MRI. Almost half of these nodules transformed into hypervascular HCC, regardless of signal intensities seen on hepatobiliary-phase Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI. CONCLUSIONS: Although many high-risk borderline HCC lesions are hypointense on hepatobiliary-phase Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI, some high-risk borderline lesions are isointense and transform at the same rate into hypervascular HCC. © 2011 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.
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