Erschienen in:
01.06.2018
Hepatic neuroendocrine tumors: gadoxetic acid-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging findings with an emphasis on differentiation between primary and secondary tumors
verfasst von:
Dong Ik Cha, Tae Wook Kang, Kyoung Mi Jang, Young Kon Kim, Seong Hyun Kim, Sang Yun Ha, Insuk Sohn
Erschienen in:
Abdominal Radiology
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Ausgabe 12/2018
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Abstract
Purpose
To describe the findings of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of hepatic neuroendocrine tumors (hNET) and to identify the features that differentiate secondary from primary tumors.
Methods
This retrospective study was approved by the institutional review board, and the requirement for informed consent was waived. Between August 2008 and December 2014, 50 patients with pathologically proven hNETs who underwent gadoxetic acid-enhanced MR imaging with diffusion-weighted images were included. The patients were divided into two groups according to whether they had primary (n = 17) or secondary (n = 33) hNETs. Qualitative values based on a consensus between two observers [morphologic findings, signal intensity, and enhancement pattern (poor or indeterminate; hepatocellular carcinoma-like or cholangiocarcinoma-like)], and quantitative values (apparent diffusion coefficient) were evaluated as predictors of secondary hNETs using multivariable logistic regression and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis.
Results
In multivariate analysis, the presence of multiple lesions (p = 0.011), a tumor size less than 6.3 cm (p = 0.001), and a hepatocellular carcinoma-like enhancement pattern (p = 0.031) were significant independent factors for differentiating secondary from primary hNETs, and achieved a sensitivity of 91%, a specificity of 82%, and an accuracy of 88%, with a value of the area under the ROC curve of 0.931.
Conclusion
Using these specific MR imaging criteria, secondary hNETs could be differentiated from primary hNETs with a high degree of accuracy in patients with histopathologically proven hNETs.