原发性透明细胞型肝癌的CT和MRI诊断

目的 探讨原发性透明细胞型肝癌的影像表现,评价CT和MRI对该病的诊断价值.方法 回顾性分析19例经手术病理证实的原发性透明细胞型肝癌的CT和MRI表现.13例行CT平扫和动态增强扫描,8例行MR T1WI、T2WI和动态增强扫描.结果 CT平扫13例病灶均为低密度,其中9例病灶内部见不规则的更低密度影.增强后动脉期所有病灶均有强化表现,9例病灶不均匀强化,病灶中心有无强化的低密度区.门静脉期11例病灶呈相对低密度,2例呈等密度.3例可见环形强化的包膜.MR T1WI上5例病灶为低信号,3例为稍高信号.T2WI上5例病灶为混杂高信号,3例为等、低信号.MRI增强动脉期所有病灶均有显著强化.门静脉期和延迟期7例病灶为相对低信号,1例为等信号.2例病灶见环形强化的包膜.结论 CT和MRI可显示原发性透明细胞型肝癌的特征性表现,有助于提高该病的诊断准确性.

CT and MRI in the diagnosis of primary clear cell carcinoma of liver

Objective To investigate the imaging features of primary clear cell carcinoma of liver and to assess the role of CT and MRI in the diagnosis of the disease. Methods Nineteen cases of primary liver clear cell carcinoma of liver were collected. All cases were confirmed by operation and pathology. Both pre-contrast and post-contrast scans with spiral CT were performed in 13 cases. MRI with T1WI, T2WI, and dynamic multi-phase contrast scanning were performed in 8 cases. Imaging findings in all cases were retrospectively reviewed. Results On pre-contrast CT scans, all 13 lesions appeared as hypodensity and among them irregular more hypodense region was found in 9 cases. On the arterial phase, all cases showed obvious enhancement, among which 9 cases were enhanced heterogeneously with central non-enhanced area.On the portal venous phase, 11 lesions were hypodense compared with normal live parenchyma and 2 lesions were isodense. The rim enhancement of tumor capsule was demonstrated in 3 cases. On MR T1WI, 5 of 8 were hypointense and 3 were slightly hyperintense. On MR T2WI, 5 of 8 cases were heterogeneously hyperintense, and 3 were iso-hypointense. On the MR arterial phase, marked enhancement was found in all 8 cases. On the portal venous phase and delayed phase, 7 of 8 cases were hypointense and 1 was isointense.The rim enhancement of tumor capsule was found in 2 cases. Conclusion CT and MRI can display the characteristic features of primary clear cell carcinoma of liver and can be helpful to improve the diagnostic accuracy.