Head and Neck Imaging

Clinicopathological and Contrast Enhanced CT Characters in 19 Cases of Combined Hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma*

Author:LI Hui, ZHANG Qing-lei, LIU Song,et al.

affiliation:Department of Radiology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, the Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing 210008, Jiangsu, China

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Abstract

Objective To explore the clinico-pathological and contrast enhanced CT characteristics of combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma (CHC). Methods The clinico-pathological and contrast enhanced CT characteristics of CHC in 19 cases confirmed by postoperative pathology, were analyzed retrospectively. Results There were14 men and 5 women with a mean age of 64.2 years (range 27-74). The characteristics of contrast enhanced CT could be summarized to 4 different kinds of enhancement patterns: type I as wash in and wash out (5 cases), Type II as gradual enhancement (7 cases), Type III as inhomogeneous sustained enhancement (3 cases), Type IV as one falls another rises (4 cases). Conclusion CHCs mainly affected old men, with some cases showing characteristic CT enhancement patterns.

【Keyword】Liver Neoplasms; Carcinoma; Hepatocellular; Cholangiocarcinoma; Tomography, X-ray Computed

【Chart number】R735.7

【Document Identification Number】A

【DOI】 10.3969/j.issn.1672- 5131.2016.05.026