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Accuracy of preoperative T-staging of gallbladder carcinoma using MDCT.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18094296     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: The objective of our study was to evaluate the performance of MDCT in the preoperative T-staging of gallbladder cancer and to determine whether adding multiplanar reconstruction (MPR) images to axial images can improve the accuracy of MDCT for the T-staging of gallbladder cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Two abdominal radiologists retrospectively reviewed by consensus axial images of portal phase MDCT scans of 118 patients who had pathologically confirmed gallbladder cancers; they then reviewed the axial and MPR images from 53 of the 118 patients who had undergone MPR imaging. Local disease spread was evaluated according to the TNM system, and the results were compared with the pathologic findings using the McNemar test. The MDCT performance to differentiate each T-stage was evaluated using Fisher's exact test. RESULTS: The sensitivities of the ability to differentiate the < or = T1 versus > or = T2 lesions, < or = T2 versus > or = T3 lesions, and < or = T3 versus T4 lesions were 79.3%, 92.7%, and 100%, respectively; the specificities were 98.8%, 86%, and 100%, respectively (p < 0.0001). The overall accuracy for the T-stage was 83.9%. In the 53 patients with MPR images, the combined reading of the axial and MPR images increased the diagnostic accuracy compared with axial image reading only from 71.7% to 84.9%, a statistically significant degree (p = 0.0233). CONCLUSION: MDCT provided 83.9% accuracy in the diagnosis of the local extent of gallbladder carcinomas, thereby showing acceptable sensitivity and specificity. The addition of MPR images to the axial CT data increased the accuracy.
Authors:
Soo Jin Kim; Jeong Min Lee; Jae Young Lee; Jin Young Choi; Se Hyung Kim; Joon Koo Han; Byung Ihn Choi
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  AJR. American journal of roentgenology     Volume:  190     ISSN:  1546-3141     ISO Abbreviation:  AJR Am J Roentgenol     Publication Date:  2008 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2007-12-20     Completed Date:  2008-01-14     Revised Date:  2008-02-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7708173     Medline TA:  AJR Am J Roentgenol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  74-80     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology and Institute of Radiation Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, 28, Yeongeon-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, Korea.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Female
Gallbladder Neoplasms / pathology*,  radiography*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Staging
Preoperative Care*
Radiographic Image Enhancement / methods*
Sensitivity and Specificity
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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