摘要
AIM To perform a meta-analysis assessing the value of gadoxetic acid-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging(Gd-EOB-MRI)in detecting small hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)(≤2.0 cm)in patients with chronic liver disease.METHODS Databases,including MEDLINE and EMBASE,were searched for relevant original articles published from January 2008 to February 2015.Data were extracted,and summary estimates of diagnostic accuracy indexes such as sensitivity,specificity,diagnostic odds ratio,predictive value,and areas under summary receiver operating characteristic curve were obtained using a random-effects model,with further exploration employing meta-regression and subgroup analyses.RESULTS In 10 studies evaluating 768 patients,pooled perlesion sensitivity of Gd-EOB-DTPA was 91%(95%CI:83%-95%),with a specificity of 95%(95%CI:87%-98%).Overall positive likelihood ratio was 18.1(95%CI:6.6-49.4),for negative likelihood ratio(NLR)of 0.10(95%CI:0.05-0.19)and diagnostic odds ratio of182(95%CI:57-581).Subgroup analysis suggested that diagnostic performance of Gd-EOB-MRI for sub-centimeter HCC(≤1.0 cm)detection was low,with a sensitivity of69%(95%CI:59%-78%).In studies with both Gd-EOBMRI and diffusion-weighted imaging(DWI)performed,Gd-EOB-MRI/DWI combination was more sensitive than Gd-EOB-DTPA alone,whether for small lesions(86%vs77%)or sub-centimeter ones(80%vs 56%).CONCLUSION A limited number of small studies suggested that GdEOB-MRI has good diagnostic performance in the detection of small HCC(≤2.0 cm)among patients with chronic liver disease,but relatively lower performance for detection of sub-centimeter HCC(≤1.0 cm).Combination of Gd-EOB-MRI and DWI can improve the diagnostic sensitivity of MRI.
AIMTo perform a meta-analysis assessing the value of gadoxetic acid-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging （Gd-EOB-MRI） in detecting small hepatocellular carcinoma （HCC） （≤ 2.0 cm） in patients with chronic liver disease.METHODSDatabases, including MEDLINE and EMBASE, were searched for relevant original articles published from January 2008 to February 2015. Data were extracted, and summary estimates of diagnostic accuracy indexes such as sensitivity, specificity, diagnostic odds ratio, predictive value, and areas under summary receiver operating characteristic curve were obtained using a random-effects model, with further exploration employ-ing meta-regression and subgroup analyses.RESULTS In 10 studies evaluating 768 patients, pooled per-lesion sensitivity of Gd-EOB-DTPA was 91% （95%CI： 83%-95%）, with a specificity of 95% （95%CI： 87%-98%）. Overall positive likelihood ratio was 18.1 （95%CI： 6.6-49.4）, for negative likelihood ratio （NLR） of 0.10 （95%CI： 0.05-0.19） and diagnostic odds ratio of 182 （95%CI： 57-581）. Subgroup analysis suggested that diagnostic performance of Gd-EOB-MRI for sub-centimeter HCC （≤ 1.0 cm） detection was low, with a sensitivity of 69% （95%CI： 59%-78%）. In studies with both Gd-EOB-MRI and diffusion-weighted imaging （DWI） performed, Gd-EOB-MRI/DWI combination was more sensitive than Gd-EOB-DTPA alone, whether for small lesions （86% vs 77%） or sub-centimeter ones （80% vs 56%）.CONCLUSIONA limited number of small studies suggested that Gd-EOB-MRI has good diagnostic performance in the detection of small HCC （≤ 2.0 cm） among patients with chronic liver disease, but relatively lower performance for detection of sub-centimeter HCC （≤ 1.0 cm）. Combination of Gd-EOB-MRI and DWI can improve the diagnostic sensitivity of MRI.
