Hepatic Pecoma versus Hepatocellular Carcinoma In The Noncirrhotic Liver on Gd-EOB-DTPA-Enhanced MRI : A Diagnostic Challenge

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AIM: Hepatic perivascular epithelioid cell tumors (PEComa) often mimic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients without cirrhosis. This study aimed to develop a nomogram using imaging characteristics on Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI and to distinguish PEComa from HCC in a noncirrhotic liver.

METHODS: Forty patients with non-cirrhotic Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) were included in our study. A multivariate logistic regression model was used to select significant variables to distinguish PEComa from HCC. A nomogram was developed based on the regression model. The performance of the nomogram was assessed with respect to the ROC curve and calibration curve. Decision curve analysis (DCA) was performed to evaluate the clinical usefulness of the nomogram.

RESULTS: Two significant predictors were identified: the appearance of an early draining vein and the T1D value of tumors. The ROC curve showed that the area under the curve (AUC) of the model to predict the risk of PEComa was 0.91 (95% CI: 0.80~1) and showed that the model had high specificity (92.3%) and sensitivity (88.9%). The nomogram incorporating these two predictors showed favorable calibration, which was validated using 1000 resampling procedures, and the corrected C-index of this model was 0.90. Furthermore, DCA analysis showed that the model had clinical practicability.

CONCLUSION: In conclusion, the nomogram model showed favorable predictive accuracy for distinguishing PEComa from HCC in non-cirrhotic patients and may aid in clinical decision-making.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Current medical imaging - (2024) vom: 27. Feb.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ma, Ruixia [VerfasserIn]
Feng, Shi-Ting [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Xiaoqi [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Meichen [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Jifei [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Zhi [VerfasserIn]

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Hepatic perivascular epithelioid cell tumors (PEComa)
Hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)
Journal Article
Liver cirrhosis
MRI
Nomogram
PEComa

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Date Revised 28.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.2174/0115734056269369231213102554

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369053869