目的准确判断肿瘤供血动脉是实现肝癌超选择性肝动脉化疗栓塞(TACE)的基础。本研究探讨原发性肝癌TACE术中,锥体束CT三维肝动脉造影(cone-beam computed tomography hepatic arteriography,CBCT-HA)对比DSA肝动脉造影(DSA-HA)在判断肿瘤供血动脉的价值。方法 23例原发性肝癌患者入组研究。术中分别进行DSA-HA、CBCT-HA、碘油-TACE(Lip-TACE)、碘油CBCT(LipCBCT)。2名有经验的介入科医师共同分析DSA-HA和CBCT-HA影像学资料,判断肿瘤供血动脉。卡方检验进行统计学分析。结果 75个肿瘤通过金标准确定肿瘤供血动脉。DSA-HA确认肿瘤供血动脉(阳性)40个,其中真阳性32个,假阳性8个。CBCT-HA确认肿瘤供血动脉(阳性)72个,其中真阳性68个,假阳性4个。CBCT-HA对肿瘤供血动脉判断的灵敏度为68/75(90.7%),明显高于DSA-HA(32/75,42.7%)(P〈0.001);阳性预测值(68/72,94.4%),亦高于后者(32/40,80.0%)(P=0.040)。结论 CBCT-HA对肝癌肿瘤供血动脉的判断明显优于传统DSA-HA,对超选择性TACE治疗有明显的临床指导意义。
Objective To accurately judge the tumor-feeding artery is the most important basis for a successful treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC) with super-selective hepatic arterial chemoembo lization therapy. This study aims to assess the clinical value of cone-beam CT hepatic arteriography(CBCTHA) in detecting tumor-feeding arteries during the performance of conventional transarterial chemoembo lization(TACE), and to compare the diagnostic effects between CBCT-HA and non-selective hepatic DSA.Methods Twenty-three consecutive patients with inoperable HCC were enrolled in this study. TACE was carried out in all patients. During the performance of TACE, the DSA-HA, CBCT-HA, Lipiodol-TACE and Lipiodol-CBCT were performed separately. The imaging materials, including DSA-HA and CBCT-HA, were analyzed by two experienced interventional physicians together to judge the tumor-feeding arteries. Statistic analysis was conducted by using chi square test. Results Tumor stain and lipiodol accumulation were regarded as the "gold standard" of the presence of tumor-feeding artery, based on which the tumor-feeding artery was confirmed in 75 lesions. DSA-HA demonstrated positive tumor-feeding artery in 40 lesions, among which true-positive tumor-feeding artery was seen in 32 and false-positive one in 8. CBCT-HA showed positive tumor-feeding artery in 72 lesions, which included true-positive tumor-feeding artery in 68 and false-positive one in 4. The sensitivity of CBCT-HA in judging tumor-feeding artery was 90.7%(68/75), which was much higher than that of DSA-HA(42.6%, 32/75), the difference was statistically significant(P〈0.001).The positive predictive value of CBCT-HA in detecting tumor-feeding artery was also higher than that of DSA-HA(94.4% vs. 80.0%; P =0.040). Conclusion Cone-beam CT hepatic arteriography is obviously superior to DSA hepatic arteriography in identifying tumor-feeding arteries, which is very helpful in guiding super-selective TACE for HCC.