• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Insight into hepatocellular carcinoma biology with gadoxetate disodium-enhanced MRI
  • Beteiligte: Kagen, Alexander; Fowler, Kathryn; Sirlin, Claude B
  • Erschienen: Informa UK Limited, 2014
  • Erschienen in: Hepatic Oncology, 1 (2014) 1, Seite 95-105
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.2217/hep.13.11
  • ISSN: 2045-0923; 2045-0931
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  • Beschreibung: <jats:p> SUMMARY The current algorithm for the imaging diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma accurately detects large, progressed tumors displaying the classical imaging features of arterial hyperenhancement with ‘washout’ and/or ‘capsule’ appearance. Liver MRI with the relatively newer hepatobiliary agent, gadoxetate disodium, provides information on hepatocellular function in addition to vascularity, facilitates detection of small progressed tumors, as well as early/vaguely nodular tumors, and shows promise for characterizing hepatocellular carcinoma biology. Prediction of tumor grade, presence of biliary and stem cell markers, microvascular invasion, future hypervascularization and post-treatment recurrence have all been studied with gadoxetate disodium-enhanced MRI with encouraging results. Incorporation of gadoxetate disodium-enhanced MRI into standard diagnostic and management algorithms will likely unfold in the future. </jats:p>
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