Comparison of LI-RADS 2018 and KLCA-NCC 2018 for noninvasive diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma using magnetic resonance imaging

BACKGROUND/AIMS: This study aimed to compare the diagnostic performances of Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System (LI-RADS) 2018 and Korean Liver Cancer Association-National Cancer Center (KLCA-NCC) 2018 criteria on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the noninvasive diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in high-risk patients.

METHODS: This retrospective study included 273 treatment-naïve patients (71 patients with extracellular contrast agent [ECA]-MRI and 202 patients with hepatobiliary agent [HBA]-MRI; 352 lesions including 263 HCCs) with high risk of HCC who underwent contrast-enhanced MRI between 2016 and 2017. Two readers evaluated all lesions according to the criteria of LI-RADS 2018 and KLCA-NCC 2018. The per-lesion diagnostic performances were compared using the generalized estimating equation method.

RESULTS: On ECA-MRI, the sensitivity and specificity of LI-RADS 2018 and KLCA-NCC 2018 were not significantly different (LR-5 vs. definite HCC: 75.8% vs. 69.4%, P=0.095 and 95.8% vs. 95.8%, P>0.999; LR-5/4 vs. definite/probable HCC: 87.1% vs.83.9%, P=0.313 and 87.5% vs. 91.7%, P=0.307). On HBA-MRI, definite HCC of KLCA-NCC 2018 showed significantly higher sensitivity (79.1% vs. 68.2%, P<0.001) than LR-5 of LI-RADS 2018 without a significant difference in specificity (93.9% vs. 95.4%, P=0.314). Definite/probable HCC of KLCA-NCC 2018 had higher specificity (92.3% vs. 80.0%, P=0.003) than LR-5/4 of LI-RADS 2018. The sensitivity was lower for definite/probable HCC than for LR-5/4 without statistical significance (85.6% vs. 88.1%, P=0.057).

CONCLUSION: On ECA-MRI, LI-RADS 2018 and KLCA-NCC 2018 showed comparable diagnostic performances. On HBA-MRI, definite HCC of KLCA-NCC 2018 provided better sensitivity than LR-5 category of LI-RADS 2018 without compromising the specificity, while definite/probable HCC of KLCA-NCC 2018 revealed higher specificity than LR-5/4 of LI-RADS 2018 for diagnosing HCC.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: Clin Mol Hepatol. 2020 Jul;26(3):309-311. - PMID 32536046

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:26

Enthalten in:

Clinical and molecular hepatology - 26(2020), 3 vom: 23. Juli, Seite 340-351

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lee, Sunyoung [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Seung-Seob [VerfasserIn]
Chang, Dong Ryul [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Hyerim [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Myeong-Jin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
Comparative Study
Contrast Media
Diagnosis
Journal Article
Magnetic resonance imaging
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 23.06.2021

Date Revised 23.06.2021

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Clin Mol Hepatol. 2020 Jul;26(3):309-311. - PMID 32536046

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3350/cmh.2020.0004

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM310724333