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  • Title: HBP-enhancing hepatocellular adenomas and how to discriminate them from FNH in Gd-EOB MRI.
    Author: Auer TA, Walter-Rittel T, Geisel D, Schöning W, Schmelzle M, Müller T, Sinn B, Denecke T, Hamm B, Fehrenbach U.
    Journal: BMC Med Imaging; 2021 Feb 15; 21(1):28. PubMed ID: 33588783.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: Recent studies provide evidence that hepatocellular  adenomas  (HCAs) frequently take up gadoxetic acid (Gd-EOB) during the hepatobiliary phase (HBP). The purpose of our study was to investigate how to differentiate between Gd-EOB-enhancing HCAs and focal nodular hyperplasias (FNHs). We therefore retrospectively included 40 HCAs classified as HBP Gd-EOB-enhancing lesions from a sample of 100 histopathologically proven HCAs in 65 patients. These enhancing HCAs were matched retrospectively with 28 FNH lesions (standard of reference: surgical resection). Two readers (experienced abdominal radiologists blinded to clinical data) reviewed the images evaluating morphologic features and subjectively scoring Gd-EOB uptake (25-50%, 50-75% and 75-100%) for each lesion. Quantitative lesion-to-liver enhancement was measured in arterial, portal venous (PV), transitional and HBP. Additionally, multivariate regression analyses were performed. RESULTS: Subjective scoring of intralesional Gd-EOB uptake showed the highest discriminatory accuracies (AUC: 0.848 (R#1); 0.920 (R#2)-p < 0.001) with significantly higher uptake scores assigned to FNHs (Cut-off: 75%-100%). Typical lobulation and presence of a central scar in FNH achieved an accuracy of 0.750 or higher in at least one reader (lobulation-AUC: 0.809 (R#1); 0.736 (R#2); central scar-AUC: 0.595 (R#1); 0.784 (R#2)). The multivariate regression emphasized the discriminatory power of the Gd-EOB scoring (p = 0.001/OR:22.15 (R#1) and p < 0.001/OR:99.12 (R#2). The lesion-to-liver ratio differed significantly between FNH and HCA in the PV phase and HBP (PV: 132.9 (FNH) and 110.2 (HCA), p = 0.048 and HBP: 110.3 (FNH) and 39.2 (HCA), p < 0.001)), while the difference was not significant in arterial and transitional contrast phases (p > 0.05). CONCLUSION: Even in HBP-enhancing HCA, characterization of Gd-EOB uptake was found to provide the strongest discriminatory power in differentiating HCA from FNH. Furthermore, a lobulated appearance and a central scar are more frequently seen in FNH than in HCA.
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