Clinical Value of Contrast-enhanced Ultrasound Combined with Enhanced CT in the Diagnosis of Atypical Hepatic Angiomyolipoma

doi:10.7517/issn.1674-0475.191116

Abstract

Abstract: 45 patients who were diagnosed with HAML by pathological examination in our hospital from June 2011 to June 2017 were enrolled. The imaging findings and preoperative diagnosis of CEUS and CECT in 49 HAML lesions of 43 patients were analyzed to explore the clinical value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound combined with enhanced CT in the diagnosis of atypical hepatic angiomyolipoma. The results showed that female patients were significantly more than male patients (P<0.001), and isolated HAML Patients were significantly more than multiple (P<0.001). In addition, 34.69% lesions were diagnosed as HAML by CECT, 57.14% lesions were diagnosed as HAML by CEUS, and 77.55% lesions were diagnosed as HAML by CEUS combined with CECT. The accuracy of CECT combined with CEUS was significantly higher than CECT or CEUS alone (P<0.05). The above results indicated the performance of HAML on CECT and CEUS has certain characteristics. The combination of the two can improve the diagnostic accuracy of HAML.

Key words: contrast-enhanced ultrasonography(CEUS), contrast-enhanced computed-tomography(CECT), hepatic angiomyolipoma(HAML), joint diagnosis

LI Shiying, CHEN Jinye. Clinical Value of Contrast-enhanced Ultrasound Combined with Enhanced CT in the Diagnosis of Atypical Hepatic Angiomyolipoma[J]. Imaging Science and Photochemistry, 2020, 38(3): 496-502.

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