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- Title
Evaluation of liver parenchyma stiffness in patients with liver tumours: optimal strategy for shear wave elastography.
- Authors
Zheng, Wei; Zhou, Zhong-guo; Wong, Chong-hei; Pei, Xiao-qing; Zhuang, Shu-lian; Li, Qing; Chen, Min-Shan; Li, An-hua; Zhang, Fu-jun
- Abstract
<bold>Objectives: </bold>To determine the methodology of non-invasive test for evaluation of liver stiffness (LS) with tumours using two-dimensional (2D) shear wave elastography (SWE).<bold>Methods: </bold>One hundred and twenty-seven patients with liver tumours underwent 2D-SWE before surgery to measure liver and spleen stiffness (SS). Two-dimensional SWE values were obtained in the liver at 0-1 cm, 1-2 cm and >2 cm from the tumour edge (PLS-1, PLS-2 and RLS, respectively). The influence of tumour-associated factors was evaluated. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) for each value was analysed to diagnose cirrhosis.<bold>Results: </bold>PLS-1 was higher than PLS-2, which was even higher than RLS (p < 0.001). The AUCs of PLS-1, PLS-2, RLS and SS for diagnosing cirrhosis were 0.760, 0.833, 0.940 and 0.676, with the specificity of 75.7%, 67.6%, 90.3% and 77.4%, respectively. Tumour sizes, locations or types showed no apparent influence on 2D-SWE values except for RLS, which was higher in patients with primary hepatic carcinomas (p < 0.05).<bold>Conclusions: </bold>LS with tumours is best measured at >2 cm away from the tumour edge. SS measurement could be used as an alternative to LS measurement in the event of no available liver for detection.<bold>Key Points: </bold>• Tumour-associated factors impact background liver stiffness assessment. • Background liver stiffness is best measured at >2 cm from tumour edge. • Spleen stiffness can be an alternative to assess background liver stiffness.
- Subjects
ANTHROPOMETRY; LIVER; CIRRHOSIS of the liver; LIVER tumors; LONGITUDINAL method; PHARMACOKINETICS; SPLEEN; ULTRASONIC imaging; RECEIVER operating characteristic curves
- Publication
European Radiology, 2019, Vol 29, Issue 3, p1479
- ISSN
0938-7994
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00330-018-5676-8