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British Journal of Radiology (2004) 77, 911-916
© 2004 British Institute of Radiology
doi: 10.1259/bjr/56713551
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Dysplastic nodules in liver cirrhosis: detection with triple phase helical dynamic CT

J H Lim, MD 1 M J Kim, MD 1 C K Park, MD 2 S S Kang, MD 1 W J Lee, MD 1 and H K Lim, MD 1

Departments of 1 Radiology and Center for Imaging Science and 2 Diagnostic Pathology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50 Ilwon-dong, Kangnam-ku, Seoul, Korea 135-710

The purpose of this study was to determine the sensitivity of triple phase helical dynamic CT for detecting dysplastic nodules in patients with liver cirrhosis. 76 dysplastic nodules were confirmed by histopathological examination of the liver specimens after surgical resection in 21 patients or after explantation of the whole liver in 20 patients. Triple phase helical dynamic CT including arterial, portal venous and delayed phases was performed as a pre-operative evaluation for hepatocellular carcinoma. Two readers retrospectively evaluated the images. The presence of dysplastic nodules was determined by one-to-one correlation of the CT images and the pathological results in terms of the anatomical location and size of each nodule. Helical dynamic triple phase CT depicted eight of 76 dysplastic nodules (10%): five of 35 high grade dysplastic nodules (14%) and three of 41 low grade dysplastic nodules (7%). Triple phase helical dynamic CT is insensitive for detection of dysplastic nodules in cirrhotic livers.




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