Hiroko Naganuma1, Hideaki Ishida2, Masahiro Ogawa3, Yukinobu Watanabe3, Daisuke Watanabe4, Yoko Ohyama5, Takako Watanabe2. 1. Department of Gastroenterology, Yokote Municipal Hospital, Yokote, Japan. hiron@vesta.ocn.ne.jp. 2. Center of Diagnostic Ultrasound, Akita Red Cross Hospital, Akita, Japan. 3. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nihon University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. 4. Department of Gastroenterology, Noshiro Ishikai Hospital, Noshiro, Japan. 5. Department of Medical Laboratory, Akita Kousei Medical Center, Akita, Japan.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is a very sensitive diagnostic tool in characterizing liver tumors. It is especially useful in the diagnosis of focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) of the liver. According to the previous reports, FNH is common in young women, and it is usually diagnosed by MRI. The majority of the previous reports come from European countries, and a very few studies of large series designed to describe the clinical features in Japanese patients have been reported. The aim of this study was to (a) describe the clinical features in 53 patients (59 lesions) diagnosed with CEUS and (b) compare the data with those from the previous reports. METHODS: The medical data from 53 patients diagnosed on the basis of typical CEUS findings at our institution and affiliated hospitals were reviewed, and their clinical data were analyzed. RESULTS: (1) The medical data from 53 cases showed a slight male predilection, with 30 male cases (57 %) and 23 female cases (43 %), although the occurrence in both sexes was equal. FNH cases were distributed throughout all generations in both sexes, mostly concentrated in the age of 30-60 years old, and metabolic cases were more common in men than in women (4 vs 0). (2) The lesions were small (mean: 23 mm) and distributed throughout the whole liver. (3) Lesion size was not influenced by age in either sex. (4) A rapid draining to the hepatic vein was recognized in five out of 59 lesions (8 %). CONCLUSIONS: Our data indicate that FNH occurs slightly more frequently in men than in women in Japan. It occurs also at any age in both sexes, but the mean lesion size was smaller in our series than in the previous reports. Metabolic disease was seen only in male FNH patients. A direct communication between the FNH lesion and the hepatic vein is diagnostically worth noting.
PURPOSE: Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is a very sensitive diagnostic tool in characterizing liver tumors. It is especially useful in the diagnosis of focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) of the liver. According to the previous reports, FNH is common in young women, and it is usually diagnosed by MRI. The majority of the previous reports come from European countries, and a very few studies of large series designed to describe the clinical features in Japanese patients have been reported. The aim of this study was to (a) describe the clinical features in 53 patients (59 lesions) diagnosed with CEUS and (b) compare the data with those from the previous reports. METHODS: The medical data from 53 patients diagnosed on the basis of typical CEUS findings at our institution and affiliated hospitals were reviewed, and their clinical data were analyzed. RESULTS: (1) The medical data from 53 cases showed a slight male predilection, with 30 male cases (57 %) and 23 female cases (43 %), although the occurrence in both sexes was equal. FNH cases were distributed throughout all generations in both sexes, mostly concentrated in the age of 30-60 years old, and metabolic cases were more common in men than in women (4 vs 0). (2) The lesions were small (mean: 23 mm) and distributed throughout the whole liver. (3) Lesion size was not influenced by age in either sex. (4) A rapid draining to the hepatic vein was recognized in five out of 59 lesions (8 %). CONCLUSIONS: Our data indicate that FNH occurs slightly more frequently in men than in women in Japan. It occurs also at any age in both sexes, but the mean lesion size was smaller in our series than in the previous reports. Metabolic disease was seen only in male FNH patients. A direct communication between the FNH lesion and the hepatic vein is diagnostically worth noting.
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