Yuan Hai-Xia, Wang Wen-Ping, Guan Pei-Shan, Lin Le-Wu, Wen Jie-Xian, Yu Qing, Chen Xue-Jun
Department of Ultrasound, Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Department of Ultrasound, Xiamen Branch, Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, Xiamen, Fujian Province, China.
Clin Hemorheol Microcirc. 2018;70(2):201-211. doi: 10.3233/CH-180376.
Focal gallbladder adenomyomatosis (ADM) is a common disease that mimics gallbladder cancer (GBC) on ultrasonography.
Here we aim to assess the value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in differentiating ADM from GBC.
Forty-one histopathologically proven focal ADMs and 34 GBCs (≤T2 stage) were enrolled in the study. Lesion location, blood flow signals, contrast pattern and appearance on contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) were compared respectively.
Lesions were detected in fundus, body, neck at the rates of 61.0% (25/41), 26.8% (11/41) and 12.2% (5/41), respectively, in ADM patients, in comparison to 29.4% (10/34), 32.4% (11/34) and 38.2% (13/34), respectively, in GBC patients (p = 0.009). Blood flow signals were detected in 19.5% (8/41) of cases in ADMs, compared to 58.8% (20/34) in GBCs (p = 0.001). On CEUS, iso-enhancement, hypo-enhancement, intramural anechoic space and intactness of GB wall were detected in 41.5% (17/41), 39.0% (16/41), 56.1% (23/41) and 80.5% (33/41) cases of ADMs, in contrast to 17.6% (6/34), 20.6% (7/34), 20.6% (7/34) and 17.6% (6/34) of GBCs (p = 0.001, p = 0.001, p = 0.002, p < 0.001, respectively). The prior Youden's index were 0.81 based on intactness of GB wall on CEUS.
Combined with CEUS helps improve the differential diagnosis accuracy of focal gallbladder ADMs.
局灶性胆囊腺肌症(ADM)是一种常见疾病,在超声检查中易与胆囊癌(GBC)混淆。
本研究旨在评估超声造影(CEUS)在鉴别ADM与GBC中的价值。
纳入41例经组织病理学证实的局灶性ADM患者和34例GBC患者(≤T2期)。分别比较病变部位、血流信号、造影模式及超声造影(CEUS)表现。
ADM患者中,病变位于胆囊底部、体部、颈部的比例分别为61.0%(25/41)、26.8%(11/41)和12.2%(5/41),而GBC患者中分别为29.4%(10/34)、32.4%(11/34)和38.2%(13/34)(p = 0.009)。ADM患者中19.5%(8/41)的病例检测到血流信号,而GBC患者中为58.8%(20/34)(p = 0.001)。在CEUS上,ADM患者中41.5%(17/41)的病例表现为等增强、39.0%(16/41)为低增强、56.1%(23/41)可见壁内无回声区且胆囊壁完整,而GBC患者中分别为17.6%(6/34)、20.6%(7/34)、20.6%(7/34)和17.6%(6/34)(p分别为0.001、0.001、0.002、<0.001)。基于CEUS上胆囊壁的完整性,先前的约登指数为0.81。
结合CEUS有助于提高局灶性胆囊ADM的鉴别诊断准确性。