Non-Invasive Kupffer-CEUS Enhances the Accuracy of Focal Liver Lesions Diagnosis in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis or Fibrosis: A Prospective Multicenter Study from China
机构:[1]Chinese Peoples Liberat Army Gen Hosp, Med Ctr 1, Dept Intervent Ultrasound, Beijing, Peoples R China[2]China Acad Chinese Med Sci, Xiyuan Hosp, Dept Ultrasound, Beijing, Peoples R China[3]Tianjin Third Cent Hosp, Dept Ultrasound, Tianjin, Peoples R China[4]Guangxi Med Univ, Dept Med Ultrason, Affiliated Hosp 1, Nanning, Peoples R China[5]Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol, Tongji Hosp, Tongji Med Coll, Dept Med Ultrasound, Wuhan, Peoples R China华中科技大学同济医学院附属同济医院[6]Peking Univ, Sch Oncol, Beijing Canc Hosp & Inst, Dept Ultrasound, Beijing, Peoples R China[7]Chinese Peoples Liberat Army Gen Hosp, Med Ctr 1, Dept Hepatobiliary Surg, Beijing, Peoples R China[8]Fudan Univ, Huashan Hosp, Dept Ultrasound, Shanghai, Peoples R China[9]Sun Yat Sen Univ, Affiliated Hosp 6, Dept Med Ultrason, Guangzhou, Peoples R China中山大学附属第六医院[10]Harbin Med Univ Canc Hosp, Dept Ultrasonog, Harbin, Peoples R China[11]Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Dept Ultrasound, Shenzhen Hosp, Shenzhen, Peoples R China[12]Sun Yat Sen Univ, Affiliated Hosp 3, Dept Ultrasound, Guangzhou, Peoples R China中山大学附属第三医院[13]Sichuan Univ, Dept Ultrasound, West China Hosp, Chengdu, Peoples R China四川大学华西医院[14]Shanxi Med Univ, Dept Ultrasound, Hosp 1, Taiyuan, Peoples R China[15]Zhejiang Univ, Affiliated Hosp 1, Sch Med, Dept Ultrasound Med, Hangzhou, Peoples R China浙江大学医学院附属第一医院[16]Tianjin Med Univ Gen Hosp, Dept Ultrasound, Tianjin, Peoples R China[17]Sun Yat Sen Univ, Affiliated Hosp 1, Inst Diagnost & Intervent Ultrasound, Dept Med Ultrason, Guangzhou, Peoples R China中山大学附属第一医院[18]Chinese Peoples Liberat Army Gen Hosp, Med Ctr 1, Dept Pathol, Beijing, Peoples R China[19]Peoples Liberat Army Gen Hosp, Senior Dept Oncol, Med Ctr 5, Beijing, Peoples R China
Introduction: It is challenging to diagnose liver masses in the context of a rough liver background using computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Perfluorobutane CEUS microbubble, an ultrasound (US) contrast agent, has a unique phase called the Kupffer phase. This study aimed to explore whether the diagnostic ability of Kupffer-CEUS is affected by the rough liver background. Methods: A prospective analysis was conducted on patients with access to histological pathology of FLLs and liver parenchyma from 23 centers between August 2020 and March 2021. Kupffer-CEUS was performed on 552 patients, who were divided into two groups (normal and abnormal) based on the pathological results of liver parenchyma, and the abnormal group was further divided into four groups (sight liver fibrosis, serious liver fibrosis, fatty liver, mixed). Kupffer-CEUS was divided into vascular phase and vascular and Kupffer phase. Results: In Kupffer-CEUS, differences in diagnostic efficiency of FLLs between normal and abnormal liver backgrounds were not statistically significant. However, in patients with abnormal liver backgrounds, the specificity (57.45% vs. 74.47%, p = 0.008) and accuracy (89.81% vs. 96.92%, p < 0.001) of the vascular phase in distinguishing malignant from benign lesions were statistically lower than those of the vascular and Kupffer phase (V&KP). Subgroup analysis revealed that the sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of V&KP in screening FLLs were all higher than those of vascular phase, except for the accuracy in patients with serious liver fibrosis (98.51% vs. 94.06, p < 0.001). Conclusion: This study indicated that although there is no obvious restriction on the choice of Kupffer-CEUS methods when diagnosing liver masses in patients with normal or abnormal liver backgrounds, Kupffer phase CEUS can effectively reduce the misdiagnosis of FLLs. Particularly for patients with serious liver fibrosis, contrast-enhanced US combined with the Kupffer phase can provide a more accurate diagnosis than conventional contrast-enhanced ultrasonography.
基金:
National Scientific Foundation Committee of China [92159305, 82227804, 82172027]; CACMS Fundamental Research Business Funds [ZZ16-XRZ-022]
第一作者机构:[1]Chinese Peoples Liberat Army Gen Hosp, Med Ctr 1, Dept Intervent Ultrasound, Beijing, Peoples R China[2]China Acad Chinese Med Sci, Xiyuan Hosp, Dept Ultrasound, Beijing, Peoples R China
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Li Yunlin,Yu Xiao-Ling,Jing Xiang,et al.Non-Invasive Kupffer-CEUS Enhances the Accuracy of Focal Liver Lesions Diagnosis in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis or Fibrosis: A Prospective Multicenter Study from China[J].LIVER CANCER.2025,14(4):435-445.doi:10.1159/000543501.
APA:
Li, Yunlin,Yu, Xiao-Ling,Jing, Xiang,Yang, Hong,Li, Kaiyan...&Liang, Ping.(2025).Non-Invasive Kupffer-CEUS Enhances the Accuracy of Focal Liver Lesions Diagnosis in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis or Fibrosis: A Prospective Multicenter Study from China.LIVER CANCER,14,(4)
MLA:
Li, Yunlin,et al."Non-Invasive Kupffer-CEUS Enhances the Accuracy of Focal Liver Lesions Diagnosis in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis or Fibrosis: A Prospective Multicenter Study from China".LIVER CANCER 14..4(2025):435-445