Thin Section Helical CT Findings of Klatskin Tumor and Benign Stricture: Cholangiographic Correlation.
10.3348/jkrs.1997.37.4.665
- Author:
Guk Myeong CHOI
1
;
Joon Koo HAN
;
Tae Kyoung KIM
;
Byung Ihn CHOI
;
Sun Whe KIM
;
Yun Ku CHO
;
Man Chung HAN
;
Kyung Mo YEON
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Bile ducts, CT;
Bile ducts, neoplasms;
Bile duct radiography;
Computed tomography(CT), helical;
Computedtomography(CT), thin section
- MeSH:
Bismuth;
Catheters;
Cholangiocarcinoma;
Cholangiography;
Classification;
Constriction, Pathologic*;
Contrast Media;
Diagnosis;
Dilatation;
Fluoroscopy;
Humans;
Klatskin's Tumor*;
Retrospective Studies;
Tomography, Spiral Computed*;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From:Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
1997;37(4):665-672
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was 1) to describe the thin section helical CT findings of hilar cholangiocarcinoma and of benign stricture, and to discuss the differential points between the two disease entities and 2) using cholangiographic correlation, to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of helical CT in determining the extent of hilar cholangiocarcinoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty-seven patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma and eight with benign biliary dilatation were studied. All except four with hilar cholangiocarcinoma, who underwent CT using a conventional scanner, were studied with two-phase helical CT. In all patients, cholangiographs were obtained by digital fluoroscopy after the injection of contrast materials into PTBD catheters. The level of obstruction was classified according to Bismuth, and 35 CT scans were studied blindly and retrospectively by two radiologists. The findings were analyzed for the presence of tumor, and then divided into two groups (cholangiocarcinomas and benign strictures), and the positive predictive value was calculated. The CT images of klatskin tumor were analyzed with special emphasis on the level and shape of the hilar obstruction. The level of biliary obstruction and extent of the tumor were carefully correlated with the results of cholangiography. RESULTS: Thin-section spiral CT correctly identified all tumor mass as a focal wall thickening obliterating the lumen. On arterial/portal phase CT scanning, 81% of infilterative tumors showed high attenuation. In all patients, differentiation between benign stricture and klatskin tumor was possible ; correct identification of the level of obstruction and extent of tumor, according to Bismuth's classification, was possible in 63% of cases. CONCLUSION: For correct diagnosis of hilar cholangiocarcinoma and differentiation of benign stricture, helical CT was highly accurate and effective. Because of limital Z-axis resolution, however, the exact intraductalextent of the tumor was less accorately diagnosed.
