Hepatocellular carcinoma CT
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Dildar Hussain, MBBS [2]
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Overview
Abdominal CT scan with intravenous contrast agent is used to diagnose hepatocellular carcinoma. Three-phase scanning (before contrast administration, immediately after contrast administration, and again after a delay) is employed to increase the ability of the radiologist to detect small tumors. It is important to optimize the parameters of the CT examination, because the underlying liver disease (e.g. hepatitis B) that most hepatocellular carcinoma patients have can make the findings more difficult to appreciate.
CT scan
- Abdominal CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
- Findings on CT scan suggestive of hepatocellular carcinoma include the following:[1][2][3][4]
| Type | Appearance |
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| Massive HCC |
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| Nodular HCC |
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| Infiltrative HCC |
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![Abdominal CT showing massive hepatocellular carcinoma. Case courtesy of Dr Natalie Yang,[5]](/images/a/a1/Massive_HCC.gif)
Abdominal CT showing massive hepatocellular carcinoma. Case courtesy of Dr Natalie Yang,[5]
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![Abdominal CT showing diffuse hepatocellular carcinoma. Case courtesy of Dr Ahmed Abd Rabou,[6]](/images/4/4b/Diffuse_HCC.gif)
Abdominal CT showing diffuse hepatocellular carcinoma. Case courtesy of Dr Ahmed Abd Rabou,[6]
![Abdominal CT showing massive hepatocellular carcinoma. Case courtesy of Dr Natalie Yang,[5]](/index.php/File:Massive_HCC.gif)
![Abdominal CT showing diffuse hepatocellular carcinoma. Case courtesy of Dr Ahmed Abd Rabou,[6]](/index.php/File:Diffuse_HCC.gif)
References
- ↑ Kim KW, Kim MJ, Lee SS, Kim HJ, Shin YM, Kim PN, Lee MG (2008). "Sparing of fatty infiltration around focal hepatic lesions in patients with hepatic steatosis: sonographic appearance with CT and MRI correlation". AJR Am J Roentgenol. 190 (4): 1018–27. doi:10.2214/AJR.07.2863. PMID 18356450.
- ↑ Reynolds AR, Furlan A, Fetzer DT, Sasatomi E, Borhani AA, Heller MT, Tublin ME (2015). "Infiltrative hepatocellular carcinoma: what radiologists need to know". Radiographics. 35 (2): 371–86. doi:10.1148/rg.352140114. PMID 25763723.
- ↑ Gao HQ, Hu CH, Yu YX, Hu S, Shi C, Wang XM, Guo L (2016). "[Value of spectral CT-based quantitative analysis in differential diagnosis of liver cancer and liver abscess]". Zhonghua Gan Zang Bing Za Zhi (in Chinese). 24 (9): 676–680. PMID 27788724.
- ↑ Terzi, Eleonora; Salvatore, Veronica; Negrini, Giulia; Piscaglia, Fabio (2015). "Ongoing challenges in the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma". Expert Review of Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 10 (4): 451–463. doi:10.1586/17474124.2016.1124758. ISSN 1747-4124.
- ↑ "Hepatocellular carcinoma | Radiology Case | Radiopaedia.org".
- ↑ "Diffuse hepatocellular cancer with malignant portal vein thrombosis | Radiology Case | Radiopaedia.org".