TY - JOUR
T1 - Diagnostic value of the delayed phase image for iso-attenuating pancreatic carcinomas in the pancreatic parenchymal phase on multidetector computed tomography
AU - Ishigami, Kousei
AU - Yoshimitsu, Kengo
AU - Irie, Hiroyuki
AU - Tajima, Tsuyoshi
AU - Asayama, Yoshiki
AU - Nishie, Akihiro
AU - Hirakawa, Masakazu
AU - Ushijima, Yasuhiro
AU - Okamoto, Daisuke
AU - Nagata, Shigenori
AU - Nishihara, Yunosuke
AU - Yamaguchi, Koji
AU - Taketomi, Akinobu
AU - Honda, Hiroshi
PY - 2009/1
Y1 - 2009/1
N2 - Purpose: To assess the value of the delayed phase (DP) in pancreatic carcinomas which appear iso-attenuating in the pancreatic parenchymal phase (PPP). Materials and methods: Fifty-seven preoperative MDCT studies of pancreatic carcinomas were retrospectively reviewed. The size of the tumors, and the Hounsfield unit (HU) of the tumors and pancreatic parenchyma were measured. The tumor-to-pancreas contrast (TPC: |HU [tumor] - HU [normal pancreas]|) was calculated. Results: Eight cases (14.0%) showed iso-attenuation and 49 showed hypo-attenuation in the PPP. The DP images revealed seven of eight (87.5%) iso-attenuating tumors to be hyper-attenuating. The size of iso-attenuating tumors was smaller than that of hypo-attenuating tumors (mean ± S.D.: 12.4 ± 4.8 mm vs. 30.3 ± 9.0 mm, p < 0.0001). In hypo-attenuating tumors, TPC in the PPP (60.2 ± 24.6 HU) was higher than those in the portal venous phase (PVP, 40.5 ± 23.0 HU, p < 0.0001) and DP (18.3 ± 11.8 HU, p < 0.0001). In contrast, in iso-attenuating tumors, TPC in the DP (26.0 ± 4.9 HU) was higher than those in the PPP (9.2 ± 3.7 HU, p = 0.0003) and PVP (7.1 ± 4.7 HU, p = 0.001) phases. Conclusion: The DP image is helpful in depicting small iso-attenuating pancreatic carcinomas as slightly hyper-attenuating tumors.
AB - Purpose: To assess the value of the delayed phase (DP) in pancreatic carcinomas which appear iso-attenuating in the pancreatic parenchymal phase (PPP). Materials and methods: Fifty-seven preoperative MDCT studies of pancreatic carcinomas were retrospectively reviewed. The size of the tumors, and the Hounsfield unit (HU) of the tumors and pancreatic parenchyma were measured. The tumor-to-pancreas contrast (TPC: |HU [tumor] - HU [normal pancreas]|) was calculated. Results: Eight cases (14.0%) showed iso-attenuation and 49 showed hypo-attenuation in the PPP. The DP images revealed seven of eight (87.5%) iso-attenuating tumors to be hyper-attenuating. The size of iso-attenuating tumors was smaller than that of hypo-attenuating tumors (mean ± S.D.: 12.4 ± 4.8 mm vs. 30.3 ± 9.0 mm, p < 0.0001). In hypo-attenuating tumors, TPC in the PPP (60.2 ± 24.6 HU) was higher than those in the portal venous phase (PVP, 40.5 ± 23.0 HU, p < 0.0001) and DP (18.3 ± 11.8 HU, p < 0.0001). In contrast, in iso-attenuating tumors, TPC in the DP (26.0 ± 4.9 HU) was higher than those in the PPP (9.2 ± 3.7 HU, p = 0.0003) and PVP (7.1 ± 4.7 HU, p = 0.001) phases. Conclusion: The DP image is helpful in depicting small iso-attenuating pancreatic carcinomas as slightly hyper-attenuating tumors.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.09.012
DO - 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.09.012
M3 - Article
C2 - 17961951
AN - SCOPUS:58149518027
SN - 0720-048X
VL - 69
SP - 139
EP - 146
JO - European Journal of Radiology
JF - European Journal of Radiology
IS - 1
ER -