The impact of vascular and nonvascular findings on the noninvasive diagnosis of small hepatocellular carcinoma based on the EASL and AASLD criteria

The American Journal of Gastroenterology
Simona LeoniLuigi Bolondi

Abstract

Noninvasive criteria for the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in cirrhosis, recommended by the European Association for the Study of Liver (EASL) in 2001 and by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) in 2005, have left a number of small liver neoplastic nodules undefined. We designed this prospective study in 2003 with the aims of assessing the diagnostic contribution of vascular contrast-enhanced techniques and investigating the possible additional contribution of superparamagnetic iron oxide magnetic resonance (SPIO-MR) in this setting. Between 2003 and 2005, 75 consecutive small (10-30 mm) liver nodules detected at ultrasonography in 60 patients with cirrhosis were prospectively submitted to contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS), helical-computed tomography (helical-CT), and gadolinium magnetic resonance (gad-MR), each blinded to the other. A total of 68 nodules were also studied with SPIO-MR at the same time as gad-MR. Using the EASL noninvasive criteria, the diagnosis of HCC was established in 44 of 55 (80%) nodules with a final diagnosis of HCC. Gad-MR was the most sensitive technique for detecting the typical vascular pattern. SPIO-MR showed a pattern consistent with HCC in 5 of 10 HCCs...Continue Reading

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