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Determining Bile Duct Density in the Mouse Liver
Published on: April 30, 2019
Combining polyp diameter and polyp-to-bile ratio by dynamic contrast-enhanced CT scanning can improve the diagnostic
Qiwei Li1, Sunwang Xu2, Zhiqing Yuan1
1Department of General Surgery, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Objective:
This study aimed to distinguish between cholesterol and neoplastic gallbladder polyps using dynamic contrast-enhanced CT.
Methods:
The dataset retrospectively comprised 222 cases, including 106 cases of cholesterol polyps and 116 cases of neoplastic polyps (59 adenoma and 57 adenocarcinoma). The perception and Hounsfield units of the polyps and gallbladder bile were assessed by contrast-enhanced CT, and the polyp-to-bile ratio (PBR) was calculated. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves and area under the curve analyses were used to assess the diagnostic value of the diameter and PBR for neoplastic polyps.
Results:
The diameter of cholesterol polyps was significantly smaller than that of neoplastic polyps. The proportion of perceived cholesterol polyps in the plain and arterial phases of CT were significantly lower than those of neoplastic polyps (p < .001). On the contrary, the CT values of gallbladder bile of cholesterol polyps were always significantly higher than those of neoplastic polyps (p < .001). The median PBR values of cholesterol polyps were significantly lower than those of neoplastic polyps (p ≤ .001). ROC analysis showed that diameter and a plain phase PRB had better diagnostic value for neoplastic polyps. Polyp diameter ≥ 11.95 mm and the plain phase PBR ≥1.48 were the optimal cut-off values for diagnosis of neoplastic polyps. Combining a diameter ≥ 12 mm and a PBR in the plain phase ≥1.48 further improved neoplastic polyp diagnostic specificity and positive likelihood ratio (10.453).
Conclusions:
Polyp-to-bile ratio in contrast-enhanced CT scanning is a new and convenient index for identifying cholesterol and neoplastic gallbladder polyps.
