This letter to the editor is a commentary on a study titled"Liver metastases:The role of magnetic resonance imaging."Exploring a noninvasive imaging evaluation system for the biological behavior of hepatocel...This letter to the editor is a commentary on a study titled"Liver metastases:The role of magnetic resonance imaging."Exploring a noninvasive imaging evaluation system for the biological behavior of hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)is the key to achieving precise diagnosis and treatment and improving prognosis.This review summarizes the role of magnetic resonance imaging in the detection and evaluation of liver metastases,describes its main imaging features,and focuses on the added value of the latest imaging tools(such as T1 weighted in phase imaging,T1 weighted out of phase imaging;diffusion-weighted imaging,T2 weighted imaging).In this study,I investigated the necessity and benefits of gadolinium ethoxybenzyl diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid for HCC diagnostic testing and prognostic evaluation.展开更多
The liver is one of the organs most commonly involved in metastatic disease,especially due to its unique vascularization.It’s well known that liver metastases represent the most common hepatic malignant tumors.From a...The liver is one of the organs most commonly involved in metastatic disease,especially due to its unique vascularization.It’s well known that liver metastases represent the most common hepatic malignant tumors.From a practical point of view,it’s of utmost importance to evaluate the presence of liver metastases when staging oncologic patients,to select the best treatment possible,and finally to predict the overall prognosis.In the past few years,imaging techniques have gained a central role in identifying liver metastases,thanks to ultrasonography,contrast-enhanced computed tomography(CT),and magnetic resonance imaging(MRI).All these techniques,especially CT and MRI,can be considered the noninvasive reference standard techniques for the assessment of liver involvement by metastases.On the other hand,the liver can be affected by different focal lesions,sometimes benign,and sometimes malignant.On these bases,radiologists should face the differential diagnosis between benign and secondary lesions to correctly allocate patients to the best management.Considering the above-mentioned principles,it’s extremely important to underline and refresh the broad spectrum of liver metastases features that can occur in everyday clinical practice.This review aims to summarize the most common imaging features of liver metastases,with a special focus on typical and atypical appearance,by using MRI.展开更多
基金Chongqing Natural Science Foundation General Project,No.2023NSCQ-MSX1632 and No.2023NSCQ-MSX1633Key Scientific and Technological Research Project of Chongqing Municipal Education Commission,No.KJ202302884457913 and No.KJZDK202302801+1 种基金2022 Scientific Research Project of Chongqing Medical and Pharmaceutical College,No.ygz2022104Scientific Research and Seedling Breeding Project of Chongqing Medical Biotechnology Association,No.cmba2022kyym-zkxmQ0003.
文摘This letter to the editor is a commentary on a study titled"Liver metastases:The role of magnetic resonance imaging."Exploring a noninvasive imaging evaluation system for the biological behavior of hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)is the key to achieving precise diagnosis and treatment and improving prognosis.This review summarizes the role of magnetic resonance imaging in the detection and evaluation of liver metastases,describes its main imaging features,and focuses on the added value of the latest imaging tools(such as T1 weighted in phase imaging,T1 weighted out of phase imaging;diffusion-weighted imaging,T2 weighted imaging).In this study,I investigated the necessity and benefits of gadolinium ethoxybenzyl diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid for HCC diagnostic testing and prognostic evaluation.
文摘The liver is one of the organs most commonly involved in metastatic disease,especially due to its unique vascularization.It’s well known that liver metastases represent the most common hepatic malignant tumors.From a practical point of view,it’s of utmost importance to evaluate the presence of liver metastases when staging oncologic patients,to select the best treatment possible,and finally to predict the overall prognosis.In the past few years,imaging techniques have gained a central role in identifying liver metastases,thanks to ultrasonography,contrast-enhanced computed tomography(CT),and magnetic resonance imaging(MRI).All these techniques,especially CT and MRI,can be considered the noninvasive reference standard techniques for the assessment of liver involvement by metastases.On the other hand,the liver can be affected by different focal lesions,sometimes benign,and sometimes malignant.On these bases,radiologists should face the differential diagnosis between benign and secondary lesions to correctly allocate patients to the best management.Considering the above-mentioned principles,it’s extremely important to underline and refresh the broad spectrum of liver metastases features that can occur in everyday clinical practice.This review aims to summarize the most common imaging features of liver metastases,with a special focus on typical and atypical appearance,by using MRI.
