Hepatocellular carcinoma in patients undergoing living-donor liver transplantation. Accuracy of multidetector computed tomography by viewing images on digital monitors.

Objective: To compare 8-detector row helical computed tomography (CT) findings with histopathology in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who had undergone living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT).

Materials And Methods: This institutional review board-approved prospective study was performed between February 12, 2003 and November 12, 2004; of the 78 candidates for LDLT due to HCC who underwent preoperative multidetector CT (MDCT), 48 transplant recipients met our criteria and in 41 of them, HCCs were diagnosed with <15 lesions on MDCT; these patients represented the study population. Results of preoperative CT were correlated with histopathological results after 5-mm sagittal slicing of the explanted liver.