Hepatocellular carcinoma in Budd-Chiari syndrome: enhancement patterns at dynamic gadolinium-enhanced T1-weighted MR imaging.
The objective of this study was to analyze the enhancement patterns at dynamic gadolinium-enhanced T1-weighted MR imaging in patients of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) with associated Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS). The MR imaging findings in 10 patients of HCC with associated BCS were compared to those of 32 other patients of HCC without BCS. During the arterial phase, significantly more lesions with BCS were hyperintense than lesions without BCS; during the equilibrium phase, significantly more lesions with BCS were slightly hyperintense or isointense than lesions without BCS (P < 0.05 for both). For HCC, contrast enhancement on MRI shows different enhancement patterns between patients of HCC with associated BCS and those without BCS.
Department of Radiology, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical College, 99 West Huai-hai Road, Xuzhou, 221002, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
Chun
C
Yang
Kai
K
Xu
Junnian
J
Zheng
Ping
P
Ma
Chunfeng
C
Hu
Shaodong
S
Li
Yutao
Y
Rong
Xin
X
Lu
Qingqiao
Q
Zhang
Maoheng
M
Zu
Rong
R
Hua
Ling
L
Zhang
D000328:Adult; D006502:Budd-Chiari Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003287:Contrast Media; D005682:Gadolinium; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D003287:Contrast Media; D005682:Gadolinium