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Characterization of focal liver masses using acoustic radiation force impulse elastography

Authors
 Hana Park  ;  Jun Yong Park  ;  Do Young Kim  ;  Sang Hoon Ahn  ;  Chae Yoon Chon  ;  Kwang-Hyub Han  ;  Seung Up Kim 
Citation
 WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY, Vol.19(2) : 219-226, 2013 
Journal Title
WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
ISSN
 1007-9327 
Issue Date
2013
MeSH
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/diagnosis* ; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/pathology ; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/physiopathology* ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Elasticity/physiology ; Elasticity Imaging Techniques/methods* ; Humans ; Liver/diagnostic imaging ; Liver/physiopathology ; Liver Diseases/diagnosis ; Liver Diseases/pathology ; Liver Diseases/physiopathology ; Liver Neoplasms/diagnosis* ; Liver Neoplasms/pathology ; Liver Neoplasms/physiopathology* ; Prospective Studies ; Retrospective Studies ; Sensitivity and Specificity ; Ultrasonography
Keywords
Acoustic radiation force impulse ; Cholangiocellular carcinoma ; Focal liver mass ; Focal nodular hyperplasia ; Hemangioma ; Hepatocellular carcinoma ; Liver metastasis
Abstract
AIM:
To investigate the diagnostic performance of acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) elastography for characterizing focal liver mass by quantifying their stiffness.
METHODS:
This prospective study included 62 patients with a focal liver mass that was well visualized on conventional ultrasonography performed in our institution from February 2011 to November 2011. Among them, 12 patients were excluded for ARFI measurement failure due to a lesion that was smaller than the region of the interest and at an inaccessible location (deeper than 8 cm) (n = 7) or poor compliance to hold their breath as required (n = 5). Finally, 50 patients with valid ARFI measurements were enrolled. If a patient had multiple liver masses, only one mass of interest was chosen. The masses were diagnosed by histological examination or clinical diagnostic criteria. During ultrasonographic evaluation, stiffness, expressed as velocity, was checked 10 times per focal liver mass and the surrounding liver parenchyma.
RESULTS:
After further excluding three masses that were non-diagnostic on biopsy, a total of 47 focal mass lesions were tested, including 39 (83.0%) malignant masses [24 hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC), seven cholangiocellular carcinomas (CCC), and eight liver metastases] and eight (17.0%) benign masses (five hemangiomas and three focal nodular hyperplasias, FNH). Thirty-seven (74.0%) masses were confirmed by histological examination. The mean velocity was 2.48 m/s in HCCs, 1.65 m/s in CCCs, 2.35 m/s in metastases, 1.83 m/s in hemangiomas, and 0.97 m/s in FNHs. Although considerable overlap was still noted between malignant and benign masses, significant differences in ARFI values were observed between malignant and benign masses (mean 2.31 m/s vs 1.51 m/s, P = 0.047), as well as between HCCs and benign masses (mean 2.48 m/s vs 1.51 m/s, P = 0.006). The areas under the receiver operating characteristics curves (AUROC) for discriminating the malignant masses from benign masses was 0.724 (95%CI, 0.566-0.883, P = 0.048), and the AUROC for discriminating HCCs from benign masses was 0.813 (95%CI, 0.649-0.976, P = 0.008). To maximize the sum of sensitivity and specificity, an ARFI value of 1.82 m/s was selected as the cutoff value to differentiate malignant from benign liver masses. Furthermore, the cutoff value for distinguishing HCCs from benign masses was also determined to be 1.82 m/s. The diagnostic performance of the sum of the ARFI values for focal liver masses and the surrounding liver parenchyma to differentiate liver masses improved (AUROC = 0.853; 95%CI, 0.745-0.960; P = 0.002 in malignant liver masses vs benign ones and AUROC = 0.948; 95%CI, 0.896-0.992, P < 0.001 in HCCs vs benign masses).
CONCLUSION:
ARFI elastography provides additional information for the differential diagnosis of liver masses. However, our results should be interpreted in clinical context, because considerable overlap in ARFI values existed among liver masses.
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DOI
10.3748/wjg.v19.i2.219
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1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Internal Medicine (내과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Kim, Do Young(김도영)
Kim, Seung Up(김승업) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9658-8050
Park, Jun Yong(박준용) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6324-2224
Ahn, Sang Hoon(안상훈) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3629-4624
Chon, Chae Yoon(전재윤)
Han, Kwang-Hyub(한광협) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3960-6539
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/86921
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