Clinical value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound in evaluating the invasive area of hilar cholangiocarcinoma
10.3877/cma.j.issn.2095-3232.2014.01.009
- VernacularTitle:超声造影在评估肝门部胆管癌浸润范围中的临床价值
- Author:
Guanghui GUO
1
;
Jie REN
;
Rongqin ZHENG
;
Ting ZHANG
;
Tao WU
;
Man ZHANG
;
Erjiao XU
Author Information
1. 中山大学附属第三医院超声科
- Keywords:
Ultrasonography;
Ultrasonography,interventional;
Bile duct neoplasms;
Neoplasm invasiveness
- From:
Chinese Journal of Hepatic Surgery（Electronic Edition）
2014;(1):33-36
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the clinical value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in evaluating the invasive area of hilar cholangiocarcinoma. Methods Clinical data of 103 patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma who received conventional ultrasound and CEUS examination in Department of Medical Ultrasonics, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University from January 2005 to March 2013 were analyzed retrospectively. The patients were conifrmed by contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or surgical pathological examination. There were 70 males and 33 females with mean age of (59±13) years old. The informed consents of all patients were obtained and the ethical committee approval was received. The patients received conventional ultrasound and CEUS examination both. The display of invasive area of hilar cholangiocarcinoma by two methods was observed. The contrast-enhanced CT, MRI or surgical pathological examination were regarded as the gold standards. The diagnostic accordance rates of invasive area of hilar cholangiocarcinoma by two methods were calculated and compared using Chi-square test. Results For conventional ultrasound, 28 cases were with ill-deifned tumor borders and 75 cases were with well-deifned or poorly deifned tumor borders, in which 33%(25/75) of the tumor invasive areas were intraductal, 67%(50/75) were intraductal and extraductal. In arterial phase of CEUS, tumors in 51.4%(53/103) of patients were displayed hyper-enhanced, 28.2%(29/103) were homo-enhanced, and 20.4%(21/103) were hypo-enhanced. In venous phase, tumors in 100%(103/103) of patients were displayed hypo-enhanced. For CEUS, 16.5% (17/103) of the tumor invasive areas were intraductal, 83.5% (86/103) were intraductal and extraductal. The diagnostic accordance rate was 59.2%(61/103) by conventional ultrasound and was 99.0% (102/103) by CEUS. The diagnostic accordance rate of CEUS was signiifcantly higher than that of conventional ultrasound (χ2=17.611, P<0.05). Conclusion Compared with conventional ultrasound, CEUS can evaluate the invasive area of hilar cholangiocarcinoma more accurately.
