Mitsutoshi Miyasaka1, Daisuke Tsurumaru2, Yusuke Nishimuta2, Yoshiki Asayama2, Satoshi Kawanami3, Eiji Oki4, Minako Hirahashi5, Hiroshi Honda2. 1. Department of Clinical Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan. mmiya@radiol.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp. 2. Department of Clinical Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan. 3. Department of Molecular Imaging and Diagnosis, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan. 4. Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan. 5. Department of Anatomic Pathology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the feasibility of diagnosing the invasion depth of early colorectal cancer (CRC) by quantitatively evaluating the basal indentation (BI)-i.e., the intestinal lateral deformity-in CT colonography (CTC). MATERIALS AND METHODS: 34 early CRCs (13 Tis CRCs and 21 T1 CRCs) in 32 patients who underwent a preoperative CTC were retrospectively examined. Two radiologists calculated the depth of the BI on a computed tomographic air-contrast enema (CT enema) image, the depth of the BI due to the geometric function (BI-G) on a cross-sectional multiplanar reconstruction (CS-MPR) image, and the ratio of the BI to the BI-G (i.e., the "BI ratio") for each lesion. The BI ratios of the Tis and T1 CRCs were compared. RESULTS: The BI ratios were significantly higher in the T1 CRCs than in the Tis CRCs (p < 0.0001). The optimum cutoff value of the BI ratio for differentiating the T1 CRCs from the Tis CRCs was 1.64, with a sensitivity, specificity, and area under the curve of 90.5 %, 100 %, and 0.974, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: We have demonstrated for the first time that quantitatively evaluating the BI can improve the accuracy of diagnosis of early CRC invasion depth.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the feasibility of diagnosing the invasion depth of early colorectal cancer (CRC) by quantitatively evaluating the basal indentation (BI)-i.e., the intestinal lateral deformity-in CT colonography (CTC). MATERIALS AND METHODS: 34 early CRCs (13 Tis CRCs and 21 T1 CRCs) in 32 patients who underwent a preoperative CTC were retrospectively examined. Two radiologists calculated the depth of the BI on a computed tomographic air-contrast enema (CT enema) image, the depth of the BI due to the geometric function (BI-G) on a cross-sectional multiplanar reconstruction (CS-MPR) image, and the ratio of the BI to the BI-G (i.e., the "BI ratio") for each lesion. The BI ratios of the Tis and T1 CRCs were compared. RESULTS: The BI ratios were significantly higher in the T1 CRCs than in the Tis CRCs (p < 0.0001). The optimum cutoff value of the BI ratio for differentiating the T1 CRCs from the Tis CRCs was 1.64, with a sensitivity, specificity, and area under the curve of 90.5 %, 100 %, and 0.974, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: We have demonstrated for the first time that quantitatively evaluating the BI can improve the accuracy of diagnosis of early CRC invasion depth.
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Basal indentation; CT colonography; Cross-sectional multiplanar reconstruction; Early colorectal cancer; Geometric function
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