Comparison of diagnostic value between virtual navigation assisted contrast-enhanced ultrasound and conventional contrast-enhanced ultrasound for small hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with liver cirrhosis
TIAN Jiang-ke
LI Zhi-yan
LI Meng
LIU Yang
LI Chen
Abstract：Objective To evaluate the efficacy of virtual navigation assisted contrast-enhanced ultrasound and conventional contrast-enhanced ultrasound in diagnosis of small hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with liver cirrhosis. Methods A total of 68 intrahepatic focal lesions in 45 cirrhotic patients, including 45 small hepatocellular carcinoma and 23 cirrhotic nodules, were all received CE-CT/CE-MRI examination and confirmed by pathology inspection. The sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of the 2 methods were calculated by virtual navigation assisted contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS)and conventional CEUS. Results Conventional CEUS sensitivity, specificity and accuracy were 60.0%, 69.5% and 63.2%. Virtual navigation assisted CEUS sensitivity, specificity and accuracy were 86.6%, 78.3% and 83.8%. Virtual navigation assisted CEUS was superior to conventional CEUS in diagnosis of small hepatocellular carcinoma (P < 0.05). Conclusion Virtual navigation assisted CEUS compared with conventional CEUS has better clinical application value in diagnosis of small hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with liver cirrhosis.
Keywords：contrast-enhanced ultrasoundvirtual navigation assistedsmall hepatocellular carcinomaliver cirrhosis nodules
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 284-287 )