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- Title
Assessing regional hepatic function changes after hypertrophy induction by radioembolisation: comparison of gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI and <sup>99m</sup>Tc-mebrofenin hepatobiliary scintigraphy.
- Authors
Fabritius, Matthias P.; Garlipp, Benjamin; Öcal, Osman; Puhr-Westerheide, Daniel; Amthauer, Holger; Geyer, Thomas; Holzgreve, Adrien; Ricke, Jens; Kupitz, Dennis; Grosser, Oliver S.; Omari, Jazan; Pech, Maciej; Seidensticker, Max; Grawe, Freba; Seidensticker, Ricarda
- Abstract
Background: To compare Gd-ethoxybenzyl diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (Gd-EOB-DTPA)-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and 99mTc-labelled mebrofenin hepatobiliary scintigraphy (HBS) as imaging-based liver function tests after unilateral radioembolisation (RE) in patients with primary or secondary liver malignancies. Methods: Twenty-three patients with primary or secondary liver malignancies who underwent Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI within a prospective study (REVoluTion) were evaluated. REVoluTion was a prospective open-label, non-randomised, therapy-optimising study of patients undergoing right-sided or sequential RE for contralateral liver hypertrophy at a single centre in Germany. MRI and hepatobiliary scintigraphy were performed before RE (baseline) and 6 weeks after (follow-up). This exploratory subanalysis compared liver enhancement on hepatobiliary phase MRI normalised to the spleen (liver-to-spleen ratio (LSR)) and the muscle (liver-to-muscle ratio (LMR)) with mebrofenin uptake on HBS for the total liver (TL) and separately for the right (RLL) and left liver lobe (LLL). Results: Mebrofenin uptake at baseline and follow-up each correlated significantly with LSR and LMR on MRI for TL (≤ 0.013) and RLL (≤ 0.049). Regarding the LLL, mebrofenin uptake correlated significantly with LMR (baseline, p = 0.013; follow-up, p = 0.004), whereas with LSR, a borderline significant correlation was only seen at follow-up (p = 0.051; p = 0.046). Conclusion: LSRs and LMR correlate with mebrofenin uptake in HBS. This study indicates that Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI and 99mTc-labelled mebrofenin HBS may equally be used to assess an increase in contralateral liver lobe function after right-sided RE. Relevance statement: MRI may be a convenient and reliable method for assessing the future liver remnant facilitating treatment planning and monitoring of patients after RE-induced hypertrophy induction. Key points: • Both MRI and HBS can assess liver function after RE. • Liver enhancement on MRI correlates with mebrofenin uptake on HBS. • MRI might be a convenient alternative for estimating future liver remnants after hypertrophy induction.
- Subjects
GERMANY; RADIONUCLIDE imaging; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; LIVER function tests; HYPERTROPHY
- Publication
European Radiology Experimental, 2024, Vol 8, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2509-9280
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s41747-023-00409-x