Background: To compare outcomes of patients with arterially hyperenhancing intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas (ICC) and arterially hypoenhancing ICCs after partial hepatectomy in a cohort with an analysis of prognostic factors.
Methods: From June 2009 to October 2011, a prospective cohort of 68 patients with single resectable ICCs (≤5 cm in diameter) underwent gadolinium contrast-enhanced dynamic-phase magnetic resonance imaging and were treated with partial hepatectomy. Patients were divided into those with arterially hyperenhancing ICCs (n = 28) or arterially hypoenhancing ICCs (n = 40). Clinic-radiologic-pathologic results and survival of these patients were compared and statistically analyzed.
Results: The median overall survival (OS) time was significantly longer in the arterially hyperenhancing ICCs (56.8 vs. 37.0 months) (p = 0.044). At pathologic evaluation, arterially hyperenhancing ICCs showed significantly higher microvessel count (MVC) than arterially hypoenhancing ICCs (106.2 ± 47.5 vs. 46.9 ± 21.6/mm, p = 0.001). Arterial enhancement of ICCs was found to be an independent prognostic factor for longer survival.
Conclusion: The presence of arterially hyperenhancing ICCs is related to higher MVC and exhibit a better OS time than arterially hypoenhancing ICCs after partial hepatectomy.
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