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Iodized oil retention due to postbiopsy arterioportal shunt: a false positive lesion in the investigation of hepatocellular carcinoma.

AbstractBACKGROUND:
Iodized-oil computed tomography (CT) is useful for the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma, but there may be false-positive results in patients who have undergone some percutaneous transhepatic interventional procedures. The purpose of the present study was to verify the correlation between subsegmental hepatic parenchymal retention of iodized oil on CT and the arterioportal shunt caused by liver biopsy.
METHODS:
Iodized-oil CT scans were reviewed in 24 patients with hepatic tumors who had liver biopsy and subsequent iodized oil chemoembolization. Iodized oil chemoembolization was performed shortly after biopsy (1-10 days; mean = 2.6 days). The results were correlated with hepatic arteriography, with a special emphasis on the presence of hepatic arterioportal shunt.
RESULTS:
Wedge-shaped subsegmental retention of iodized oil along or adjacent to the biopsy needle path was observed in iodized-oil CT in 17 of the 24 patients. In three patients, there was subsegmental enhancement on prebiopsy helical dynamic liver CT at the same area of iodized oil retention, and therefore iodized oil retention was considered to be due to hepatocellular carcinoma. In the remaining 13 (54%) patients, the peripheral iodized oil retention was considered to be due to biopsy-induced arterioportal shunt. In all these patients, arterioportal shunt was confirmed by hepatic arteriography.
CONCLUSION:
Wedge-shaped hepatic parenchymal retention of iodized oil is commonly observed in iodized-oil CT due to biopsy-induced arterioportal shunt, and this appearance should not be confused with a hepatocellular carcinoma.
AuthorsJ H Lim, S J Lee, W J Lee, H K Lim, S W Choo, I W Choo
JournalAbdominal imaging (Abdom Imaging) 1999 Mar-Apr Vol. 24 Issue 2 Pg. 165-70 ISSN: 0942-8925 [Print] United States
PMID10024404 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Contrast Media
  • Iodized Oil
Topics
  • Arteriovenous Fistula (diagnostic imaging, etiology)
  • Biopsy, Needle (adverse effects)
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular (diagnostic imaging, therapy)
  • Chemoembolization, Therapeutic
  • Contrast Media
  • False Positive Reactions
  • Female
  • Hepatic Artery (diagnostic imaging, injuries)
  • Humans
  • Iodized Oil
  • Liver (blood supply, pathology)
  • Liver Neoplasms (diagnostic imaging, therapy)
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Portal Vein (diagnostic imaging, injuries)
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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